From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2025-10-19 05:58, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   ...> 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?   
      
   comp.lang.c doesn't have a charter. It was created before having a   
   charter was a required part of the process for creating newsgroups, and   
   has never since been retrofitted with one.   
   Therefore, all that anyone can do is express their personal preferences   
   for how it should be used.   
   I personally prefer to point out that when they post a question to a   
   newsgroup where it's not on-topic, few of the participants are likely to   
   be interested, and few are likely to have relevant expertise.   
      
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