well put sir, and i have a small kitchen. brucee
On 1/19/06, Paul Lalonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Standards are for when there are too many cooks in the kitchen. By > their very nature they have to compromise. > Give me the work of a standards committee before the the work of a > single idiot; but most of all give me the work of a brilliant expert > before that of the committee. And for God's sake, please don't turn > my expert into an idiot by throwing him onto a committee! > > Paul > > On 17-Jan-06, at 10:11 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: > > > standards are weird. i wish someone would standardize standards. > > oh no that would involve a committee of uninformed experts. > > > > i have never had a problem with kenc, both for user and kernel stuff. > > but i don't use putchar() or some other recalcitrant macro. > > > > the proof is in the pudding. > > > > brucee > > > > On 1/18/06, Paul Lalonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On 17-Jan-06, at 9:38 PM, Simon Williams wrote: > >> > >>> The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose > >>> from > >>> Cheers > >>> Simon ( who cant remember who said this first ) > >> > >> Andy Tannenbaum, wasn't it? > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >
