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It just turns into a "ACTUALLY!" contest, of who can pee higher. No matter how right you are, some guy will link a blog post detailing why in some obscure scena
by darkcha0s 7y ago
It just turns into a "ACTUALLY!" contest, of who can pee higher. No matter how right you are, some guy will link a blog post detailing why in some obscure scenario that might not be valid, and proceed to downvote your obviously wrong answer.
- luckylion 7y agoThat's strange, in all the time I've spent on SO sites, I can remember only one instance where that happened. Maybe it's community related and happens with certain topics more than with others?
- ahaferburg 7y agoHappens a lot in questions related to C. Most answers are followed by a discussion why the code provided in the answer is not portable. Oftentimes answers are more concerned with being technically correct than helpful.
- MaxBarraclough 7y agoIn the particular case of C, it's often important to be pretty precise. If an answer is offering a non-portable solution, or worse still, relying on undefined behaviour, it should get called out. It's not like, say, Java, where you're generally unlikely to get bitten by dark corners of the language.