Re: Opinions about a book

Keith Thompson said:

> Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> Mark McIntyre said:
>>> Richard Heathfield wrote:
> [...]
>>>> Why should everyone be interested in C99? What's so interesting about
>>>> it?
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> and/or be so amazingly crossplatform that you have to stick to the C89
>>> subset that's widely available, most of us actually have access to
>>> tools sup****ting many features of C99 on enough platforms to be
useful.
>>
>> And in what way is this interesting to most people? I still don't get
>> it.
> 
> Um, in what way is the question of whether or not C99 is interesting
> to most people interesting to *anyone*?

I'm not actually interested in whether C99 is interesting to most people. 
What interests me is Larry's reasoning for his claim that most people 
should be interested in C99. He seems reluctant to explain this (or he's 
enjoying a long weekend).

> (Hyperbole alert: I'm sure that some people are interested in the
> subject, just not enough to justify such a long thread.)

I'm surprised by the quality, as well as the quantity, of the responses. 
Only one line there, but try to read between it anyway. :-) 

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