Re: do { quit; } else { }

On 13/05/2025 14:54, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 09.05.2025 19:09, David Brown wrote:

On 09/05/2025 17:54, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

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Comparisons between C and other languages can certainly be on-topic for
a C group.  And deficiencies of C are as topical as the language's good
points.
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However, Bonita's post here - like almost all Bonita's posts in this
group - are not helpful or topical, but merely trolls of "C++ is vastly
better than C - look at this line noise to see what you can do in C++".

 Yes, I understand your dislike. And in this case it's specifically easy
for folks who dislike specific persons or dislike what they say what
they can or should do about that. (And below in your post you formulate
some personal options one may take to not see those people or their
contributions any more.)
 

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Consider this about Bonita's post :
[ farraginous list snipped ]

 Sure. - But there was no need to analyze or list all that (for me at
least); you may have noticed my statement (and read between the lines;
if it's not obvious I may have formulated that better, I admit.)

I am trying to make it clear to you why your argument - that it is appropriate to talk in this newsgroup about C's failings, and that it can be appropriate in this newsgroup to compare to other languages - does not apply in this particular case.  I am having difficulty understanding why you think Bonita's post was appropriate, or why you disliked Richard's response.
I agree with your basic principles - for the most part, if one person does not like the posts of another person, they can ignore those posts either automatically (with killfiles, filters, etc.) or "manually".
However, those of us who see this group as a resource, or a just a place to hang out and chat about C, have a responsibility to try to keep the group tidy.  That means occasionally responding to inappropriate posts and asking the poster to be more considerate to the group.

 I think with a good grain of serenity we could also spare us those
longish threads. Let's individually pick and choose what we like.
 

No, let's not.  Let's - at least occasionally - take some responsibility and not ignore inappropriate behaviour.  I don't want to drag this out, or overreact - Bonita's posts are not /that/ bad.  But be clear on this: it was not Richard's post berating Bonita that made a long thread branch about topicality, it was /your/ post complaining about his post.