Comment by SeanSullivan86 17 days ago Why is it called a C Compiler if it's a subset of C? 3 comments SeanSullivan86 Reply userbinator 17 days ago [flagged] perching_aix 16 days ago Why is your visceral reaction is to frame it as a quest for truth versus a great suppression of truth? Everything alright up there?Literal second sentence in the article, in case it wasn't incredibly obvious to people anyways:> It supports a subset of C that is large enough to write real and interesting programs.I'm all for more boring headlines, but this characterization is ridiculous. userbinator 16 days ago I've had enough of headlines that overpromise and underdeliver. It's essentially false advertising. It's not like the word "subset" would put it over the length limit.
userbinator 17 days ago [flagged] perching_aix 16 days ago Why is your visceral reaction is to frame it as a quest for truth versus a great suppression of truth? Everything alright up there?Literal second sentence in the article, in case it wasn't incredibly obvious to people anyways:> It supports a subset of C that is large enough to write real and interesting programs.I'm all for more boring headlines, but this characterization is ridiculous. userbinator 16 days ago I've had enough of headlines that overpromise and underdeliver. It's essentially false advertising. It's not like the word "subset" would put it over the length limit.
perching_aix 16 days ago Why is your visceral reaction is to frame it as a quest for truth versus a great suppression of truth? Everything alright up there?Literal second sentence in the article, in case it wasn't incredibly obvious to people anyways:> It supports a subset of C that is large enough to write real and interesting programs.I'm all for more boring headlines, but this characterization is ridiculous. userbinator 16 days ago I've had enough of headlines that overpromise and underdeliver. It's essentially false advertising. It's not like the word "subset" would put it over the length limit.
userbinator 16 days ago I've had enough of headlines that overpromise and underdeliver. It's essentially false advertising. It's not like the word "subset" would put it over the length limit.
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Why is your visceral reaction is to frame it as a quest for truth versus a great suppression of truth? Everything alright up there?
Literal second sentence in the article, in case it wasn't incredibly obvious to people anyways:
> It supports a subset of C that is large enough to write real and interesting programs.
I'm all for more boring headlines, but this characterization is ridiculous.
I've had enough of headlines that overpromise and underdeliver. It's essentially false advertising. It's not like the word "subset" would put it over the length limit.