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From: cgw@mruxe.UUCP (C Waldman)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: decline of net.lang.c
Message-ID: <119@mruxe.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 09:59:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  8 09:59:30 1986
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Well, the time has finally come for me to hit the old 'U' key... 
too bad, this newsgroup used to be more interesting- seems like
all I ever see anymore are people asking questions that could
be answered by a quick look at the manual- you call yourselves C 
programmers, and you _still_ dont understand pointers? But the last straw
when reading the most recent posting on this = versus == versus
:= issue-  MEYER@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA proposes a 'new angle' on the question-
how many times do tou use each, and how many keystrokes, and wonders what K&R
would think of that... well, it's on page 17:
   Since assignment is about twice as frequent as equality testing in C
programs, it's apporpriate that the operator be half as long.


   The question about negative bit-shifts was of the same ilk- the answer
is in front of your nose, if you just look-

   I just don't have the time to read this group anymore. bye-bye.