From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7625 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2021 11:16:28 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Oct 2021 11:16:28 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxq-00BndF-9o for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:16:26 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxp-00CIa5-Gb for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:16:25 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxn-00CIZt-DB for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:16:23 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxk-00Bncw-He for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:16:22 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=rKuZbwDRA8U+580u/QKdC5DuQgtSa1MOIePqOIaMdmU=; b=qvwmHLi/9NOPk8Y4yab+rcKVgX GbqYefj1cTuqZF6JrxNo7wd4AvedivqEhU8jcw8Hn1t7cIHdOj3oGuMw6VXBFn93Y6VPFC7/JYMS0 xLqCrCKMt3wcnI9vQJw/8dlNTMv0S2YnjfE1wo5HXKYsV7t4BKGpwTMNDaQ1K4ADBkTI=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxd-0000UU-2j for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:16:15 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mexxa-0007vA-4W for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:16:10 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Alberto Luaces Subject: Re: sorry man off-topic Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:16:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87lf2hmk25.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> References: <87ee8dl53r.fsf@penguin> <87wnm5nx25.fsf@zoho.eu> <87wnm1muif.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> <87h7d5wo8w.fsf@zoho.eu> <87sfwpmrn4.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> <878ryhwjs0.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YnE1qkEXOkxEuNUPoeIxpMQHvsE= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Emanuel Berg writes: > Alberto Luaces wrote: > >>> Aren't C standards mostly concern with backward >>> compatibility anyway? >> >> For sure, but I guess it is not desirable to write new code >> or learn to write it with archaic notation as k&r function >> declaration, not to mention the 40 years of improvements on >> the language that you'd be skipping. > > It doesn't work like that, especially not with C ... read it, > beneficial. 100%, trust me I did many years ago, and in fact I quite enjoyed it, but recommending it nowadays to a newbie is a terrible advice, no offense. -- Alberto