Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program? Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:43:09 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <20250319201903.00005452@yahoo.com> <86r02roqdq.fsf@linuxsc.com> <874izntt5t.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87ecyrs332.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20250320171505.221@kylheku.com> <8734f7rw7z.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87tt7mqk7w.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87cye9afl0.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <871puoag2q.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:43:09 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c549ec488b733e1d16304095061b18c7"; logging-data="3729830"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+GQcIhwVFQqZqkebS16HY0" Cancel-Lock: sha1:CSHhiN0kFeJvAujvylD5MlVafLg= Bytes: 2669 On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:04:12 +0000 bart wibbled: >On 25/03/2025 08:41, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote: >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:16:17 +0000 >> bart wibbled: >>> .... EXCEPT when it comes to edit-run cycles. There you're in favour of >>> bunching lots of changes together, and doing one big build followed by >>> testing a dozen different things on that new version. (As though this >>> was the 1960s and you only got one batch compilation per night.) >> >> I'm sure that made some sense to you when you wrote it. I have no idea wtf >> you're talking about however. > >Then I have no idea WTF you're on about when you say that programmers >should spend 100 times as long thinking as they do compiling. (Try I think that says everything we need to know about you. Hope I never have to use any of the trash code you write.