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Re:C Is Not a Low-Level Language
on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:02PM (#16970285)
> not philosophizing about the language spec.
That's exactly what's going on.
Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent?
on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:17PM (#16968426)
> You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent?
No, they aren't. They aren't meant to be anything specific. They can be idempotent, but generally these philosophical arguments are the net gain of this kind of condescension.
Re:C Is Not a Low-Level Language
on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:03PM (#16968257)
> the C compiler
You mean C compiler X has the feature of Y. There are lots of compilers and that's not part of the language.
Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016)
on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:41PM (#16960617)
I'm not sure what "safer" means. Not sure what posting your insistence in other threads has to do with this. 10x or 100x the number of deaths would be small price to pay to get everyone in autonomous vehicles. It's air travel, all over again and there's a price to pay.