Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })

Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

On 13/05/2025 06:42, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
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On 12/05/2025 15:19, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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It strikes me that you have a rather self-centered view of the
world.

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So do you.  So do I. So does everybody else.  Your eyes are at the
precise centre of your observable universe.

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I think you have misunderstood me.

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I hope so, because the alternative is unpalatable.
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(At some later time I may have more to say about your other
comments, but it seemed important to respond to this part
more promptly.)

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I think you chose the least important part to respond to, so maybe you
have misunderstood me, too.
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I was trying to defend an honourable man from what seemed to me to be
an unfair and unnecessarily unkind observation.  The paragraph you
quote above acknowledges that in some literal sense your accusation of
self-centredness is accurate, and so implies by omission that the more
metaphorical sense that I think you intended is /not/ accurate.
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A fine distinction, some might say.  But that's what the other
paragraphs were for.

I responded twice to your earlier message.  I want to acknowledge this
later message and respond here in an effort to achieve some closure.

I appreciate the intention of your two followups.  It isn't easy to
play the role of peacemaker, especially in comp.lang.c, and I think
your comments are helping cool things down.  Thank you for that.

Clearly there have been some misunderstandings.  I think it would
be a real effort to unwind those (even assuming that they have all
been identified), and besides this isn't the right venue at least
for some of them.  So I don't have more to say about that except
to say I am making an effort to do better in the future.

Thank you again for trying to help.