C programming newsgroup

[Zach Shutters]

What newsgroup can you guys recommend for me that talks about programming in
c/c++ that is as active as this one?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2004-09-19, Zach Shutters <zs*******@comcast.net> wrote:

What newsgroup can you guys recommend for me that talks about programming in
c/c++ that is as active as this one?

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[Anthony McDonald]

"Zach Shutters" <zs*******@comcast.net> wrote in message
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What newsgroup can you guys recommend for me that talks about programming
in c/c++ that is as active as this one?

comp.lang.c is a fairly well respected newsgroup for C. I should warn you
that they only deal with C as defined by the ANSI standard. For compiler
extensions or system specific functions you'll need to search a little
harder.

I haven't been on comp.lang.c++ for a while, but they also have a some nice
knowledgable people who are happy to answer question except again when the
topic drifts to far into a compiler extensions or system specific features.

Anthony McDonald

[Grant Edwards]

On 2004-09-19, Anthony McDonald <> wrote:

What newsgroup can you guys recommend for me that talks about programming
in c/c++ that is as active as this one?
comp.lang.c is a fairly well respected newsgroup for C.

[...]
I haven't been on comp.lang.c++ for a while, but they also have a some nice
knowledgable people[...]

Also be warned that C and C++ are two separate, different
languages. Referring to "C/C++" as if it's a single language
will start you off with the wrong reputation in those two
newsgroups.

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[Cameron Laird]

In article <41***********************@newsreader.visi.com>,
Grant Edwards <gr****@visi.com> wrote:

On 2004-09-19, Anthony McDonald <> wrote:

What newsgroup can you guys recommend for me that talks about programming
in c/c++ that is as active as this one?

comp.lang.c is a fairly well respected newsgroup for C.

[...]

I haven't been on comp.lang.c++ for a while, but they also have a some nice
knowledgable people[...]

Also be warned that C and C++ are two separate, different
languages. Referring to "C/C++" as if it's a single language
will start you off with the wrong reputation in those two
newsgroups.

[Dan Sommers]

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:38:47 -0700,
Scott David Daniels <Sc***********@Acm.Org> wrote:

Cameron Laird wrote:

... even *mention* > of "C/C++" seems capable of inciting lawsuits
over there.

I couldn't pass this up: Generally the answer is 1 for integer types and 1.0 for floating point
types. However, you can run into troubles dividing by 0. { int C = 5; printf('int: C/C++ = %d', C/C++); }
{ double C = 3.1415; printf('double: C/C++ = %d', C/C++); }
...

I'm pretty sure that "C/C++" invokes the dreaded Undefined Behavior, so
all bets are off. The folks in comp.std.c will have more details.

Regards,
Dan

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