🚀 go-pugleaf

Peter Seebach <seebs@solutions.solon.com> wrote:
> D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote:
> > Seebach has been making a bunch of false statements on gnu.misc.discuss
> > about portability, speed, and various other things.
> Example false statements:

``There are no interesting programs you can't write entirely within 
POSIX and ANSI.''

``[ispunct()] has no excuse to assume that char is 8 bits.'' (Of course
it has an excuse. Whether it's a _good_ excuse is a side issue.)

``It will hurt because it's incorrect by the only standard applicable.''
(False hypothesis, false logic, false conclusion.)

``void main [has] NO BENEFIT WHATSOEVER.''

``If declaring main as void really shuts gcc up, there is a bug in
either gcc or your code.''

Referring to isalnum || strchr: ``... this version is likely to be
within 5% of your version, because isalnum is normally blindingly fast,
and most characters in addresses will be isalnum.''

Referring to RFC 822: ``... '.' must also be quoted.'' (No, not always.)

---Dan