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From: karl@haddock.UUCP (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: why is it that..?
Message-ID: <450@haddock.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 08:34:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 24 08:34:18 1987
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In article <7039@brl-adm.ARPA> jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa writes:
>the info-c board (and the various unix related boards) are orders of
>magnitude more active than the others. Why is it that simple complaints or
>innocent questions can provoke weeks of debate with almost theological
>intensity on these C/unix bulletin boards.

Partly because they have a rather high subscription rate, not surprising on a
network consisting largely of UNIX* machines whose primary language is C.

>These questions are rarely brought up on the others and when they are it
>doesn't send thousands of would be wizzes running to Jensen-Wirth for
>clarification.

A new standard is being developed for C.  Thus there is much to be discussed.
Also, C is a richer language than pascal (in which many of these questions
CANNOT BE ASKED).

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint
*UNIX is a Registered Trademark of AT&T.