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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:38:31 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Off-topic posts [was: Round function?]
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Derek Greene wrote:
> 
> I use DJGPP.  This question applied to DJGPP's C library.  Henceforth it's
> not off topic, and the rudeness was from you.  Have a nice day. :-)

From the comp.os.msdos.djgpp charter:

# comp.os.msdos.djgpp will be a newsgroup dedicated to all aspects of
# DJGPP, which is a port of several GNU utilities and development tools
# to DOS.  Areas which would be welcome for discussion:
# 
# 1. Support for applications compiled with this package
# 2. Installation and configuration advice
# 3. Help with environment specific features, such as hardware
interrupts
# 4. Advice on porting code to this environment and status of ports
# 5. Discussions on adding features and new releases
# 6. Brief (20 lines or less) announcements of new or major release
DJGPP
#    related commercial/shareware/freeware products, with a pointer to
#    web/ftp/email for more information.  Products may be briefly
#    mentioned in replies to specific problems.
# 
# Areas which would be inappropriate:
# 
# 1. Material which is covered in the FAQ (available from
oak.oakland.edu:
#    /pub/msdos/djgpp/faq100.zip and other simtel mirrors).  A mini-FAQ
#    with a pointer to the full FAQ will be posted weekly.
# 2. Questions or bug reports on GNU code not specific to DJGPP.  If the
#    user cannot determine if a bug is DJGPP specific, an brief initial
#    posting would be acceptable.
# 3. General programming questions.

I think (3) of Inappropriate describes your post.

To clarify: For a post to be on-topic, it must not only apply to DJGPP,
but be *specific* to DJGPP.  Thus, "How do I round to an integer?" is
inappropriate, since although DJGPP implements integer rounding, the
question applies to the entire C language, and so is not specific.  A
specific question might involve the implementation of DJGPP's `rint', or
a bug therein.  For this post, comp.lang.c would have been better.  It
is not necessary that you read a group in order to post to it; an
archive search a few days after posting will often suffice.

comp.os.msdos.djgpp tends to be rather lenient about such posts; let's
not abuse it!
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com