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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 16:26:03 +0100
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On 09/05/2025 16:04, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 09.05.2025 um 17:01 schrieb Scott Lurndal:
>> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Am 06.04.2025 um 17:14 schrieb Tim Rentsch:
>>>
>>>> My impression was that "defer", or something very much like
>>>> it, is being considered for inclusion in a future C standard. 
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> With C++ you can have defer without extending the language.
>>
>> This, however is comp.lang.c.
> 
> I'm just trying to make it clear that C lacks convenience
> and  productivity on every level.

Then use something convenient and productive. But please confine 
your discussions of your chosen alternative to 
comp.lang.your.chosen.alternative instead of dragging them into 
comp.lang.c, where we discuss C.

> C folks simply don't want
> to abandon their minimalism paradigm, which continues to
> make the language very difficult to use.

Then do by all means use something easier. But please confine 
your discussions of your chosen alternative to 
comp.lang.your.chosen.alternative instead of dragging them into 
comp.lang.c, where we discuss C.

You don't get to pick the group's topic any more than I do.

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