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Re:Why Aren't There C Conferences? by Oreb on Thursday November 22, 2018 @02:21AM (#18508433)
> It’s almost like news about algebra

There are plenty of algebra conferences, though. I’ve been to several. :-)

I agree with your general point, but algebra isn’t quite as slow-moving as you seem to believe.

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Re:Why Aren't There C Conferences? by pure-awesome on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:50AM (#18509432)
Perhaps they were thinking of the ordinary equation solving that most people know as algebra, rather than the abstract algebra (group theory etc.) covered in university mathematics courses.
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Re:Why Aren't There C Conferences? by chestervonwinch on Thursday November 22, 2018 @08:12AM (#18509778)
C is the tool, so probably a better analogy would have been to pencils, rather than algebra, which is more in line with OP's sentiment regarding hammers.
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