Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: bart Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:53:27 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <87a58mqt2o.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20250413072027.219@kylheku.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:53:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6c9533872368e3608000b70afe74a0c7"; logging-data="51248"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+x5b06NFypnrmzoMKvxZJP" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:fz8sFhD8POJBajHXr4GzKuRCTiE= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2969 On 20/04/2025 16:25, James Kuyper wrote: > On 19.04.2025 21:36, bart wrote: >> On 19/04/2025 20:15, James Kuyper wrote: >> >>> How could I possibly justify concluding that >>> the problem lies anywhere other than in your own abilities? >> >> Did I say I find it difficult? [...] > > Yes, repeatedly. You've described it as a source of errors and confusion. Yes it is. That doesn't means I'm incapable of writing such loops. But I prefer to use a syntax which involves less typing, has less opportunity for typos, and which anyone can instantly grok. > >> So your attitude is to totally ignore such criticism? C is perfect? [...] > > No, I said nothing to suggest that. It is a less than perfect language, > but the amount of trouble you have with it is far more than it's > imperfections justify. And yet, you are unwilling to accept my criticisms of it, to the extent that you'd rather accuse me of being unable to program rather than admit I might be at least partly right.