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   Keith Thompson to David Brown   
   Re: New and improved version of cdecl   
   29 Oct 25 16:47:29   
   
   From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   David Brown  writes:   
   [...]   
   > But the crux of the matter, and I can't stress this enough as it never   
   > seems to get through to you, is that fast enough is fast enough.  No   
   > one cares how long cdecl takes to build.   
   [...]   
      
   Since the most recent argument here has been about the interpretation   
   of an absolute statement, I think I should point out that your last   
   statement above is not literally true.  *Some* people do care how   
   long cdecl takes to build.  Most of us, I think, don't particularly   
   care as long as it's no more than a few minutes.   
      
   I understand what you meant, but in a discussion about hyberbolic   
   statements being taken literally, I suggest it's good to be   
   painfully precise.   
      
   --   
   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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