Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Is it time for comp.lang.c.dos? Message-ID: <23623@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 19:21:07 GMT References: <1990Mar29.224413.21552@xenitec.on.ca> Distribution: usa Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 19 >Steve Watt asks: >>It is called COMP.SYS.IBM.PC.PROGRAMMER!!!!!! >>But *why* can't we get people to use it???? In article flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) writes: >``I'm having a problem with malloc() in Utah.'' The problem has >nothing to do with Utah (I hope), but where is the defect? Is it my >understanding of malloc, my understanding of C, my Zortech C compiler, >my copy of GNU malloc, my Amiga computer, my homebrew operating >system, my extended memory board, or my neighbor's cat? This is a good point. There is, however, a `rule of thumb' that applies in cases like this: start with the smallest newsgroup that might apply. In this case, it would probably be an Amiga-specific group. (Incidentally, I thought the neighbors had a dog, not a cat. :-) ) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris