XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:39:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> In fact, to work both ways, my code is still full of constructs like   
   >> this:   
   >>   
   >> #ifdef PROTOTYPE   
   >> int foo(char *bar, BOOL baz)   
   >> #else   
   >> int foo(bar, baz) char *bar; BOOL baz;   
   >> #endif   
   >   
   > What a pain-in-the-bum way of writing things.   
   >   
   > K&R C is gone, people. Let it go.   
      
   People should have the choice of writing that way if they want. And you   
   always have the choice of not reading it.   
      
      
   (If this sounds too harsh to somebody: I wrote this because of how   
   Lawrence repeatedly mentioned "choice" as a way to dismiss criticism in   
   other threads in comp.os.linux.misc.)   
      
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   Nuno Silva   
      
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