From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:53:53 -0800   
   Keith Thompson  wrote:   
      
   > Michael S  writes:   
   > [...]   
   > > But there are limits to what considered negotiable by worshippers of   
   > > nasal demons and what is beyond that. Warning is negotiable, turning   
   > > off the transformation is most likely beyond.   
   >   
   > Your use of the word "worshippers" suggests a misunderstanding on   
   > your part.   
   >   
   > I certainly do not "worship" anything about C.  I don't think   
   > anyone else you've been talking to does either.  I have a pretty   
   > good understanding of it.  There are plenty of things I don't   
   > particularly like.   
   >   
   > In the vast majority of my posts here, I simply try to explain what   
   > the standard actually says and offer advice based on that.   
   >   
      
   About my personal vocabulary.   
      
   Normally phrase "worshippers of nasal demons" in my posts refers to   
   faction among developers and maintainers of gcc and clang compilers. I   
   think that it's not an unusual use of the phrase, but I can be wrong   
   about it.   
      
   AFAIK, you are not gcc or clang maintainer. So, not a "worshipper".   
   When I want to characterize [in derogatory fashion] people that have no   
   direct influence on behavior of common software tools, but share the   
   attitude of "worshippers" toward UBs then I use phrase 'language   
   lawyers'.   
      
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