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Kool down dude u won't find CHARter with hot head ....

(Rich Grise) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> I've been lurking for awhile, and I notice that there are some real
> tight-assed
> prigs around here.
>
> Bitch, bitch, bitch.
>
> So what if it's not "Standard C?" If it looks like C, smells like C,
> quacks
> like C, and compiles like C, it's probably close enough.
>
> But all this petty sniping kind of wants to dissuade me from
> participating
> here, and I wonder how much of you ****-ants bitch-slapping the
> newbies has
> driven them away.
>
> And they're so fond of saying, "According to the Charter ..." Well,
> Where's
> The Charter?
>
> A google advanced search on "charter group:news.announce.*
> insubject:comp insubject:lang insubject:c" turned up:
> --------------------<begin quote>------------------------
>
> Searched English messages for charter group:news.announce.*
> insubject:comp.lang.c. Results 1 - 7 of 7. Search took 0.78
> seconds.
>
> Sorted by relevance Sort by date
>
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> See your message here...
> RFD: comp.lang.c.crossplatform
> ... CHARTER: comp.lang.c.crossplatform comp.lang.c.crossplatform
> provides a forum for
> discussing issues the C programmer can benefit from, whether or not
> they ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Jun 8, 1999 by -
> View Thread (1 article)
>
> RFD: comp.lang.c.code
> ... CHARTER: comp.lang.c.code comp.lang.c.code is an un-moderated news
> group for discussion
> of common C programming problems and questions where participants are
> ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Sep 5, 1995 by Bob Stout - View Thread (1
> article)
>
> RFD: comp.lang.c.moderated moderated
> ... in crossposted to news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,
> comp.lang.c, and comp.std.c.
> NAME of GROUP: comp.lang.c.moderated DISTRIBUTION: world. CHARTER: For
> the ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Nov 26, 1994 by John William Chambless -
> View Thread (1 article)
>
> CFV: comp.lang.c.moderated moderated
> ... of 2) moderated group comp.lang.c.moderated Newsgroups line:
> comp.lang.c.moderated
> The C ... CHARTER For the discussion of C programming topics that are
> NOT system ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Jan 22, 1995 by Ron "Asbestos" Dippold -
> View Thread (1 article)
>
> CALL FOR VOTES to create comp.lang.objective-c
> ... 7.] This is a call for votes to create the news group
> comp.lang.objective-c. This
> group would be unmoderated and have the following proposed charter:
> The news ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Jul 17, 1990 by Charles Noren - View Thread
> (1 article)
>
> CALL FOR DISCUSSION to create comp.lang.objective-c
> ... call for discussion for the creation of the news group
> comp.lang.objective-c. This
> group would be unmoderated and have the following proposed charter:
> The news ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Jun 22, 1990 by Charles Noren - View Thread
> (1 article)
>
> RESULT: comp.lang.c.moderated moderated passes 330:14
> ... Newsgroups line: comp.lang.c.moderated The C programming language.
> ... CHARTER For the
> discussion of C programming topics that are NOT system-specific and
> NOT ...
> news.announce.newgroups - Mar 8, 1995 by Ron "Asbestos" Dippold - View
> Thread (1 article)
>
>
> -----------------------------<end quote>-----------------------------
>
> As you can see, a charter for everything BUT comp.lang.c .
>
> Which makes it a pretty stupid thing to get all petty about.
>
> I'll check in after awhile and see if any actual programmers have
> shown up.
>
> Regards,
> Rich
>
> BTW, email to my header address just gets deleted. If you want me to
> read
> an email from you, hand-copy the header address and delete the
> contiguous
> 'a', 'r', and 'd'.

> Being a non-moderated newsgroup, the topicality is effectively defined
> by what the majority of the newsgroup regulars want to talk about. If
> they decide to ignore any C questions and start debating the merits of
> one-piece vs two-piece female swimsuits, then this is what comp.lang.c
> is about.

So... Which is better?

Shill <> scribbled the following:
>> Being a non-moderated newsgroup, the topicality is effectively defined
>> by what the majority of the newsgroup regulars want to talk about. If
>> they decide to ignore any C questions and start debating the merits of
>> one-piece vs two-piece female swimsuits, then this is what comp.lang.c
>> is about.

> So... Which is better?

One-piece. I would never wear two-piece swimsuits. Erm, or something. =)

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