From:	Mark McIntyre <mark AT garthorn DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
Subject:	Re: DJGPP reserves wrong int size
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:05:44 +0100
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:37:46 -0400, Pete Becker <petebecker AT acm DOT org>
wrote:

>Stuart Golodetz wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The issue was not the point I was making, I was saying that perhaps the fact
>> that he was misreading hex meant he was trying something which was too
>> difficult for him. As it happens he *can* in fact read hex, as he has kindly
>> pointed out to me in an email flame, despite the fact that I pointed out I
>> was not trying to be offensive.
>
>Whether or not you were trying, you succeeded. Newsgroup postings often
>have minor (and sometimes major) mistakes, and to question someone's
>competence based on minor mistakes is, indeed, insulting.

you obviously don't post in CLC much. That kind of error is liable to
get you flambee'd with the best of them here. 
-- 
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>

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