Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!melba.bby.oz.au!zvs From: zvs@bby.oz.au (Zev Sero) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Rationale for my posting draft V7 C description Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 90 02:47:17 GMT References: <2451.273eb16b@verifone.com> <2713@lupine.NCD.COM> Sender: news@melba.bby.oz.au Followup-To: comp.lang.c Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge and Young Ltd. Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: rfg@NCD.COM's message of 16 Nov 90 03:58:15 GMT Ron = rfg@NCD.COM (Ron Guilmette) Ron> That's just a smokescreen. A cow-patty by any other name would smell the Ron> same. I'd hope that cow patties don't smell the same as cow pats! Perhaps you are referring to McDonald's cow patties, which I am informed are merely cow pats with tomato sauce. --- Zev Sero - zvs@bby.oz.au As I recall, zero was invented by Arabic mathematicians thousands of years ago. It's a pity it still frightens or confuses people. - Doug Gwyn