On 2010-11-07, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > Well, maybe I was being a little sarcastic. The real point was that if > you make it hard for people to do the right thing (i.e. look up the > details in the reference manual), you should not be surprised if they do > the wrong thing (i.e. find some way to make it work by trial and error).
Fair enough. That said, I don't think it's the *writing* of the C spec that would make it hard for people to look up details. Dunno for C++. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
