Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:48 this Saturday (GMT):
> On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 18:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Subjectively, I prefer early returns over nested ifs:
>
> Nested ifs nest, early returns don’t.

Right, they remove some nesting which makes it easier to read.
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:00:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:48 this Saturday (GMT):
>
>> On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 18:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Subjectively, I prefer early returns over nested ifs:
>>
>> Nested ifs nest, early returns don’t.
>
> Right, they remove some nesting which makes it easier to read.

Nestability helps with refactorability.

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:36:11 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> boringly babbled:
>On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:00:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:48 this Saturday (GMT):
>>
>>> On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 18:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Subjectively, I prefer early returns over nested ifs:
>>>
>>> Nested ifs nest, early returns don’t.
>>
>> Right, they remove some nesting which makes it easier to read.
>
>Nestability helps with refactorability.

Hell it does. All it helps with is making the code harder to follow.

On 2024-09-15, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com <Muttley@dastardlyhq.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:25:53 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> boringly babbled:
>>On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:10:06 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>
>>> $ man vim | grep -i binary
>>>
>>> -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it
>>> possible to edit a binary or executable file.
>>
>>Wow, a special mode just to edit binary files, when Emacs can do it in
>>its regular mode.
>
> The 1980s phoned, they want their editor wars back.
>
>>It just sets a bunch of options to minimize the chance of screwing up
>>the file in ways you don’t want. Apart from that, it’s still editing
>>it as a text file.
>
> Any sane person uses a dedicated hex editor to edit binary files, not vim
> or emacs.
>

Emacs has the hexl-mode. Emacs isn't just an editor, it's an Elisp platform.

On 2024-08-19, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On 2024-08-19 16:59, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:39:33 +0200
>
>>> Initially an ability to trim the system and sometimes to patch a driver
>>> was a huge advantage Linux had over Windows NT.
>>
>> Linux can also load and unload drivers on the fly unlike Windows which AFAIK
>> still requires a reboot each time.
>
> I was talking about monolithic kernel Linux had in 90's. Plug and play,
> kernel modules came much later with much bigger machines. I ran Linux on
> i386 25MHz 4Mb. Try it now.
>

You could load and unload drivers since slackware 4 and before,
even under a 386.

On 2024-08-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:26:41 +0200, David Brown wrote:
>
>> And you don't need to know anything about Linux, UNIX or POSIX to
>> program in C.
>
> I think the point has been made on comp.lang.c more than once, that C
> without POSIX can be a very dull language indeed ...

The C Programming Language 2nd. Ed is not about POSIX, and you can do
a lot with C99. Albeit I prefer Elisp and Common Lisp.

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:04:52 -0000 (UTC), Bozo User wrote:

>> Any sane person uses a dedicated hex editor to edit binary files, not
>> vim or emacs.
>>
> Emacs has the hexl-mode. Emacs isn't just an editor, it's an Elisp
> platform.

Hex mode is an option. It’s not required. It so happens the kind of
editing I was doing worked best the way I did it.

Emacs offers you the choice, alternative editors don’t.

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:04:54 -0000 (UTC), Bozo User wrote:

> On 2024-08-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:26:41 +0200, David Brown wrote:
>>
>>> And you don't need to know anything about Linux, UNIX or POSIX to
>>> program in C.
>>
>> I think the point has been made on comp.lang.c more than once, that C
>> without POSIX can be a very dull language indeed ...
>
> ... you can do a lot with C99.

Up to a point. This is the thing: every once in a while, a discussion
about some supposed C feature will founder on the discovery that it is
actually a POSIX feature, not available with standard C on non-POSIX
platforms.

Hang around comp.lang.c for a month or so, and you’ll see what I mean.

> Albeit I prefer Elisp and Common Lisp.

I use lots of languages, including C and JavaScript. I use Elisp to
customize Emacs, and Python for lots of other things. I have even dabbled
with Smalltalk.