"jim p" <x@y.com> wrote in message news:bbivto$1l8j$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> That was pretty much what I wanted to hear.
> I hope you guys don't mind some daft questions appearing on this
noticeboard
> in the coming weeks.

Daft questions are a prerequisite. ;)

To be serious, with almost no exceptions this newsgroup is an island of tolerance, friendliness and helpfulness. I can't recall anyone RTFM-ing anyone else, which is more than you can say for any other newsgroup I've ever come across. I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+) means that we've perhaps experienced the downside of the "software-engineering" temperament in previous times, and realised that cooperation wins out in the end.

So, post all the dumb questions you want. No-one's obliged to answer them if they haven't the time/inclination, but you'll likely get some helpful responses.

Matthew Wilson wrote:


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> I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)

whoa.  If that's true, there must be people here with kids older than I am. :)

Mine are 3 and 1. You do the maths. :)

"Garen Parham" <nospam@garen.net> wrote in message news:bbje4q$21ue$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Matthew Wilson wrote:
>
>
> ...
> > I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)
>
> whoa.  If that's true, there must be people here with kids older than I
am. :)

A bit tangential, but do you have any book/paper reference gems for compiler stuff?  The most often referenced book I see is the "Dragon" book, but that doesn't cover a lot of things I read/see/hear in existing compilers...it's like 15 years old now.

"Garen Parham" <nospam@garen.net> wrote in message news:bbjeb4$21ue$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> A bit tangential, but do you have any book/paper reference gems for compiler stuff?  The most often referenced book I see is the "Dragon" book, but that doesn't cover a lot of things I read/see/hear in existing compilers...it's like 15 years old now.

Nobody has yet done a better job, and I agree the Dragon book is woefully inadequate.

And mine are 17, 16 and 1.6. But math doesn't work well here. I'm 25.

Nic Tiger.

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:bbje9s$22aq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Mine are 3 and 1. You do the maths. :)
>
> "Garen Parham" <nospam@garen.net> wrote in message news:bbje4q$21ue$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Matthew Wilson wrote:
> >
> >
> > ...
> > > I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)
> >
> > whoa.  If that's true, there must be people here with kids older than I
> am. :)
>
>

I got ya. Interesting times, eh? :)

"Nic Tiger" <tiger7@progtech.ru> wrote in message news:bbjopp$2ben$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> And mine are 17, 16 and 1.6. But math doesn't work well here. I'm 25.
>
> Nic Tiger.
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:bbje9s$22aq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Mine are 3 and 1. You do the maths. :)
> >
> > "Garen Parham" <nospam@garen.net> wrote in message news:bbje4q$21ue$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > Matthew Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ...
> > > > I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)
> > >
> > > whoa.  If that's true, there must be people here with kids older than
I
> > am. :)
> >
> >
>
>

"Nic Tiger" <tiger7@progtech.ru> wrote in news:bbjopp$2ben$1@digitaldaemon.com:

> And mine are 17, 16 and 1.6. But math doesn't work well here. I'm 25.

Now you puzzled me!

/gf



> Nic Tiger.
> 
> "Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:bbje9s$22aq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Mine are 3 and 1. You do the maths. :)
>>
>> "Garen Parham" <nospam@garen.net> wrote in message news:bbje4q$21ue$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> > Matthew Wilson wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > ...
>> > > I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)
>> >
>> > whoa.  If that's true, there must be people here with kids older than I
>> am. :)

In article <bbj2na$1nr2$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Matthew Wilson says...
>... I think the fact that most of us are 30+ (or 40+, or 50+)

I believe the younger members have been trying to be very helpful as well. Especially in the D newsgroup.

-i.

"Nic Tiger" <tiger7@progtech.ru> wrote:
> And mine are 17, 16 and 1.6. But math doesn't work well here. I'm 25.

And mine is 16. I'm 20. Math doesn't *at all* work here!