Re: [ot]Re: printf and cout

[Richard]

pete <pfiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Philip Potter wrote:
>
>> I especially can't understand it when
>> the correction comes from someone as calm and civil as Keith.
>
> I can almost understand.
>
> One of the things that I admire about Richard Heathfield
> is his ability to make trolls come unglued.
> Troll that are not bothered by anyone else.
> Mostly I've seen this happen in comp.programming.
> He does it "calm and civil" 
> with politeness and with with a finess
> that is very difficult to describe or duplicate.

RH's skills in terms of C are without question. However he is pedantic
to the point of silliness. And that combined with his rather nasty
tendency to pick at people and wage warfare on one or two alternative,
but equally valuable, posters make him an object for ridicule rather
than admiration for most professional programmers who are used to
dealing with this type of technical ogre.