Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> Actually, the primary problem with makefiles is actually C's bizarre 
> >> #include rules, where source files depend on other source files which aren't 
> >> evident from looking at the source files.
> > 
> >   Never miss a chance to belittle C-like languages.

> How come C is the only language from the 1970s that you get upset at my 
> pointing out technology-induced limitations?

  It's not that you belittle it. It's the frequency with which you do it,
and the situations where you do it.

  Just count your posts belittling eg. COBOL and the onces belittling C or
C++. I bet the difference is something like two orders of magnitude.

  Also, in this particular case, what was the point? It did not add anything
relevant or interesting to the thread, nor did it answer the original
question.

  I hate Java. Do you see me taking every opportunity to bash it?
I sometimes do it, but I don't remember doing it at every possible
opportunity.

> When someone asked why the C 
> standard limited global names to six characters and I said it was because of 
> FORTRAN-based linkers, you didn't seem to mind.

  Perhaps because it was a relevant answer to a presented question?

> You don't seem to object 
> when people make fun of COBOL's wordiness.

  How many times has that happened, exactly?

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                                                          - Warp

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