XPost: comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/19/2025 4:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   > On 18/10/2025 16:53, vallor wrote:   
   >   
   >> You aren't posting about C.   
   >>   
   >> And I notice you crossposted this article (which has nothing to do with   
   >> C) and didn't set the followup-to (as you claimed you were going to do).   
   >   
   > His reply was an honest enquiry about the proper use of comp.lang.c.   
   >   
   > How about you paste into your reply to him on comp.lang.c a copy of the   
   > big-8 steering board's rules for comp.lang.c. You posted nothing but a   
   > demand for personal satisfaction. He might not even yet know what the   
   > authoritative comp.lang.c rules are nor their normative location. If   
   > everyone demands their preference instead of telling each other the   
   > actual rules and where to find them and their authority then sooner or   
   > later the newsgroup will die because it's impossible to satisfy everyone   
   > perfectly ... I just looked at the contents of comp.lang.c, it looks   
   > like that's happened since olcott is almost the only person starting   
   > topics these days.   
   >   
   > If the comp.lang.c charter allows a weekly digest of the interpretation   
   > of a C program vs the manner of an English language specification and   
   > the abilities of current LLMs to report on C programs and their   
   > motivating specifications then it would be okay, wouldn't it?   
   >   
   > I don't use comp.lang.c much any more but if it did then a weekly digest   
   > of attempts to get detailed knowledge from a group topical for the   
   > specific C program and the terminology relating to it would seem   
   > appropriate to me.   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > Tristan Wibberley   
   >   
      
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