Posted by dorayme on 11/06/33 11:59

In article <3zvirfnj7yhe$.15q8pt01npwkl$.dlg@40tude.net>,
Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
>
> > In article <1k4kgve85z213$.6qzrxdwklfcm$.dlg@40tude.net>,
> > Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> >
> >>> You must be an old C programmer? C actually requires an simi-colon
> >>> after each statement. When I was writing a lot of C I certainly had the
> >>> habit.
> >>
> >> I don't call myself old, nor am I a C programmer ;-)
> >
> > "old C programmer" does not imply being an old person any more
> > than "black chimney house" entails the house is black. If you
> > started programming C when you were 5 and had been programming
> > till now, and you are over 18, that's pleanty long enough to be
> > an old C programmer. :-)
>
> I know that :-)

I know you know that. I was just exercising my fingers and
showing off my pedantry as usual... I thought to say something
true that had no possibility of being actually wrong. It's my
birthday, I am 783 today. That's old.

--
dorayme

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