Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: Comments on book review (cstyle - (nf) Message-ID: <5700008@ea.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-May-84 17:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.5700008 Posted: Fri May 25 17:07:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 21:51:53 EDT References: <3878@utzoo.UUCP> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:utzoo:-387800:ea:5700008:000:763 Nf-From: ea!mwm May 25 16:07:00 1984 #R:utzoo:-387800:ea:5700008:000:763 ea!mwm May 25 16:07:00 1984 /***** ea:net.lang.c / utzoo!laura / 6:17 pm May 19, 1984 */ Sorry mike. The assumption you are making is that everybody knows how to minimize pain, and that one isn't valid, though most people *think* they know how to minimize pain. Case in point, me: -- Laura Creighton utzoo!laura /* ---------- */ You're right, I am making an invalid assumption - I'm assuming that people will try new things of their own free will, and use the one that works best. This isn't true - and I blasted well know it. Forcing people to use some style that may or may not work for them is not the solution. Allowing people to go on using whatever hackery they like without giving other things a chance may not work either. I don't have a good solution; does anybody?