Why is this code compiling properly??

[Richard Heathfield]

Mark McIntyre said:

Either you need to
correct people usefully, or you need to stop correcting people.

You are by no means a newbie. If I tell you you're wrong, I will generally
expect that to be sufficient information for you to spot and correct the
error, especially if the reason you're wrong has already been discussed
earlier in the article, as in this case.

But if you want me to write long, expository articles explaining in
nauseating detail precisely why you are wrong, I can do that too, if the
price is right.

Who do you think you are? Dan Pop?

No.

 

[Mark McIntyre]

But if you want me to write long, expository articles explaining in
nauseating detail precisely why you are wrong, I can do that too, if the
price is right.

one groat. Not a farthing more.

No.

I claim my five pounds...
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan