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   Keith Thompson to bart   
   Re: New and improved version of cdecl   
   28 Oct 25 18:48:33   
   
   From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   bart  writes:   
   > On 28/10/2025 21:59, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   >> bart  writes:   
   >>> On 28/10/2025 02:35, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >>>> On 27.10.2025 16:11, bart wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >>>>> If speed wasn't an issue then we'd all be using easy dynamic languages   
   >>>> Huh? - Certainly not.   
   >>>   
   >>> *I* would! That's why I made my scripting languages as fast and   
   >>>   capable as possible, so they could be used for more tasks.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, if I dare to suggest that even one other person in the world   
   >>> might also have the same desire, you'd say that I can't possibly know   
   >>> that.   
   >>>   
   >>> And yet here you are: you say 'certainly not'. Obviously *you* know   
   >>> everyone else's mindset!   
   >> I'll give this one more try.   
   >> This kind of thing makes it difficult to communicate with you.   
   >   
   > You're talking to the wrong guy. It's JP who's difficult to talk to.   
      
   No, I'm talking to you.  It turns out that was a mistake.   
      
   My post was **only** about your apparent confusion about a single   
   statement, quoted above.  I wasn't talking about JP personally, or about   
   any of his other interactions with you.  I explained in great detail   
   what I was referring to.  You ignored it.   
      
   You seem unwilling or unable to focus on one thing.   
      
   > He (I assume) always dismisses every single one of my arguments out of hand:   
   >   
   > Build speed is never a problem - ever. The speed of any language   
   > implemention is never a concern either.   
      
   And here you are putting words in other people's mouths.   
      
   I think you goal is to argue, not to do anything that might result in   
   agreement or learning.   
      
   [...]   
      
   --   
   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
   void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */   
      
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