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stanr@tiac.net (Stan Ryckman) wrote:

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>This isn't code, but may be even worse.  It's from the gcc man page:

>     If we find that the things in this man page that are out  of
>     date cause significant confusion or complaints, we will stop
>     distributing the man page.  The  alternative,  updating  the
>     man page when we update the Info file, is impossible because
>     the rest of the work of maintaining GNU CC leaves us no time
>     for that.  The GNU project regards man pages as obsolete and
>     should not let them take time away from other things.
     [tongue in cheek] "You have no idea how busy we are and it isn't
because there's no documentation for any of us supporting code another
wrote.  Honest!" [tongue out of cheek]

>     For complete and current documentation, refer  to  the  Info
>     file  `gcc' or the manual Using and Porting GNU CC (for ver-
>     sion 2.0).  Both are  made  from  the  Texinfo  source  file
>     gcc.texinfo.

>Of course, just try and find this "Info file" if you are a user of,
>rather than the installer of, gcc.

     [TIC] "Peon!  You're lucky we even give you the code." [TOOC]

>Sounds to me like the "WHAT! You want me to TELL you how to use
>my code?  That's YOUR problem!" syndrome.  "I'm too busy to
>document it.  I need my time to write more undocumented code!"

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     Seems as if the "free" in FSF means "worth every penny".

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

C Pronunciation Guide:
     y=x++;     "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon"
     x=x++;     "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"