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Richard Heathfield
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Making known your views on whether the topicality of this group should be
extended. Of course, you always have that chance, but in that thread lay
the (or rather, an) opportunity for lots of people to have that discussion
at the same time.
Now, if you like. I'm sure you can find the thread on Google. It hasn't
been "closed" - Usenet has no such feature.
No less so than anyone else - that is, the discussion was started on
comp.lang.c, so obviously those most likely to see it were those who read
comp.lang.c most.
That's up to you.
Ian Collins was in fact one of those who took part in that discussion. The
result was posted here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/32c4358dc0307344#faa1895ecbce478b
(Obviously, that summary can, at best, only be as accurate as the articles
that were posted before the summary was made.)
The start of the discussion was here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/306800faf6c30d43#a642808d3bf37773
You're talking nonsense. Ian was involved in the discussion.
Nobody said "all those in favour, <countcountcount> now all those against
<countcountcount>". Rather, there was a discussion, and people expressed
their opinions, and I made an attempt to document those opinions in a
table.
It depends on what you mean by "vote". Opinions were expressed, and I then
counted them as accurately as I could manage. And in case you're
interested, I ended up in the liberal minority.
That's precisely why I posted a summary article, starting a new thread in
which to do it. The URL can be found above.
I have my chance for what exactly?
Making known your views on whether the topicality of this group should be
extended. Of course, you always have that chance, but in that thread lay
the (or rather, an) opportunity for lots of people to have that discussion
at the same time.
When did I have it?
Now, if you like. I'm sure you can find the thread on Google. It hasn't
been "closed" - Usenet has no such feature.
Was I notified about it?
No less so than anyone else - that is, the discussion was started on
comp.lang.c, so obviously those most likely to see it were those who read
comp.lang.c most.
Should I have read two hundred posts
in the thread I had no interest in after reading first ten
posts?
That's up to you.
Next, what result? Could you show me the result? How many
people have voted? What was on the ballot? You've got no
idea, don't you?
Ian Collins was in fact one of those who took part in that discussion. The
result was posted here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/32c4358dc0307344#faa1895ecbce478b
(Obviously, that summary can, at best, only be as accurate as the articles
that were posted before the summary was made.)
The start of the discussion was here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/306800faf6c30d43#a642808d3bf37773
You simply know that "there was a vote"
(did you learn about it from Marc's post? I learned about
it from Marc's post,
You're talking nonsense. Ian was involved in the discussion.
By the way, now I don't know if there really was a vote,
Nobody said "all those in favour, <countcountcount> now all those against
<countcountcount>". Rather, there was a discussion, and people expressed
their opinions, and I made an attempt to document those opinions in a
table.
because I thought there were, but Keith says there wasn't.
It depends on what you mean by "vote". Opinions were expressed, and I then
counted them as accurately as I could manage. And in case you're
interested, I ended up in the liberal minority.
I tried to check, and failed. But I learned another thing:
that mentioning that thread is actually cheating. It's so
huge that it's useless for getting any information about
what people in comp.lang.c think.
That's precisely why I posted a summary article, starting a new thread in
which to do it. The URL can be found above.