From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   bart  writes:   
   [...]   
   > However the A68G configure script is 11000 lines; the CDECL one 31600 lines.   
   >   
   > (I wonder why the latter needs 20000 more lines? I guess nobody is   
   > curious - or they simply don't care. OK, let's make 100,000 and see if   
   > anyone complains! Is it possible this is some elaborate joke on the   
   > part of auto-conf to discover just how trusting and tolerant people   
   > can be?)   
      
   Yes, that's pretty much it.  Most of us really don't care why   
   one configure script is longer than another.  I've run both, and   
   they work.  I went off and did other things while they were running,   
   so I didn't even notice how long they took.  (It was a few seconds   
   for each.)   
      
   On the other hand, you apparently do care about all this -- but   
   you've done nothing useful to learn about it.  You merely complain   
   incessantly *for years* to people who are not in a position to do   
   anything about it.  And when we point you to forums where you could   
   ask about it, or even make some useful contribution, you ignore us.   
      
   What most of the people you're talking to have in common is that   
   we know the C language and are interested in discussing it.   
   We aren't GNU autotools maintainers.  We didn't write cdecl   
   (all I did was announce a new version written by someone else).   
   I've never written anything that uses GNU autotools.  I don't know   
   what you're expecting to accomplish here.   
      
   Do you disagree with any of the above?   
      
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   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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