From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Bart  writes:   
   > On 06/02/2026 13:08, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   >> Bart  writes:   
   >> [...]   
   >>> I guess you've never used printf-family functions via the FFI of   
   >>> another language!   
   >> As it happens, I haven't.   
   >> I presume if there were a point, you would have made it by now.   
   >   
   > I thought you might have infered it.   
   >   
   > All shortcomings of C can apparently be fixed by employing a selection   
   > of it gcc's 200+ options. So no point in making the language better   
   > instead.   
      
   Nobody said any of that.   
      
   > But that doesn't work when some bits of raw C need to be used from   
   > another language. For example, library headers containing a C API,   
   > which some languages may use as the basis for their own bindings.   
      
   Sure, FFIs can be tricky.   
      
   You randomly introduced FFIs into a discussion of printf formats.  What   
   irrelevant argument are you going to make next?   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop   
      
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