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[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 12:12, Paul wrote:

> > > I'd recommend alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ over c.l.c
> > 
> > It's been years since I read comp.lang.c.  Do they still
> > answer every question with 'That's not a C question, it's
> > a <your_OS_question>' there unless it is somethng like:
> > Why must 2["abc"] be the same as "abc"[2]?
> 
> Yes, but only because most of the time people ask about Win32 API and
> think it's part of the standard...

I'm not sure win32 was even invented when I gave up - unix system
calls were equally disdained, so if you want to use the language
to actually do something, that's the wrong place to be.  On the
other hand if you really do want to understand 2["abc"]....

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  Les Mikesell
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