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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by kobeya on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @11:02PM (#14305625)
Because as you point out yourself, there really is no need for that abbreviation. You could say "do_stuff" and it would have approximately the same meaning, but not be an undecipherable, ambiguous abbreviation.
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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by stingraycharles on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:11AM (#14306235)
Yes, but it's not the only occasion it's being used. "That must be a bug or sth" is another possibility, for example.
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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by kobeya on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @05:55AM (#14307071)
That "or sth" seems entirely superfluous.
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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by gjm11 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @06:41AM (#14307216)
"That must be a bug, or the result of hardware failure, or an erroneous report from the user, or maybe there's some other possibility I haven't thought of."
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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by kobeya on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @08:07AM (#14307531)
That would be "something else." The else is important.
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Re:Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? by gjm11 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:59AM (#14316475)
And implicit when someone ends a sentence with "or something".
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