Re: do { quit; } else { }

On 09/05/2025 16:54, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
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 Since some folks feel comfortable in their "C" bubble I understand
that these people might feel annoyed by such posts.

Each newsgroup has a topic. I subscribe to no fewer than ten newsgroups, because I am interested in those ten topics. If you are interested in C++, you can subscribe to comp.lang.c++ and chat about it all day long and nobody will bat an eyelid. I have no doubt that many comp.lang.c subscribers are also subscribed to comp.lang.c++. Why not join their number, and keep the salt in the salt pot and the pepper in the pepper pot?

But showing deficiencies (in "C") and providing counter-examples or
alternatives from other languages [as done here] should be welcome.

Why?
Four important ways that C scores over other languages are:
* Speed
* Simplicity
* Size
* Portability
The more you add, the more likely you are to slow it down, the more complex you make it, the bigger it gets, and the harder it is to port.
If you want C++, you know where to find it.

But of course no one forces these annoyed people to read all posts;
suggestions had already been given to just skip those inconvenient
threads or subhreads.

I've got a better idea. Let's hold those C++ discussions in a group where C++ is topical.
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Richard Heathfield
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