From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3919 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2018 18:41:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 3866 invoked by uid 89); 7 Feb 2018 18:41:41 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=pounds, H*f:sk:OA@mail, five, claim X-HELO: mail-it0-f44.google.com Received: from mail-it0-f44.google.com (HELO mail-it0-f44.google.com) (209.85.214.44) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:41:39 +0000 Received: by mail-it0-f44.google.com with SMTP id n206so3414925itg.1 for ; Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:41:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rUWRai8bnPq3PCXmVR/6LVsevRBscDVQZlWKeMLa+F4=; b=l1Lr87V/doFqJyHBukkN9VZbr2k7NunFjbgakm0eGOinz4C+D+nkGIT80i38Nq1b+7 /wVDU1rujFwpt0sWoVizSx6aKlSCBzJSOt3g65oRMRXLPkOTMwOg+LoVAXSaJuRsaV0V iuQ5ygKf8iQraBpiDkr8DWa3AGMiPBdOSP3i1kkbs75yq2AUycpcytiQ5vRDWEEW+p6T XTe9R18zv4rsy2GQDtE8748BJR7AI34/F+XY4p5pMCQLI8R6TYvPPoWZ4OH8z+C7fkyc 9h0db19z4pQPVTMGR9224Z9faGmzIeXq4Sq7GVZCZ7AvGNU97rACZC80x3+3m5iX2QSt qfLQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPCF+loCJxB7ebW3/CvYBc4GYQZPPXDsTIq8v8YT2gNsGk/5y9vF nJ3/yVKFKLhBNPJvQV4QUpnBnPQLcWREilY8O+c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x226I7akLEOCY4pZRrJRQmoXjIDCRHYXDv3fGZ+OmAV6keQvZwJu9C5mj6wmWdKI5Es5hCDk2zI1DErJl9qjfrhE= X-Received: by 10.36.253.6 with SMTP id m6mr9390463ith.132.1518028897858; Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:41:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.50.198 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 10:41:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201802071832.w17IWdeB007375@nbd.it.uc3m.es> References: <201802071832.w17IWdeB007375@nbd.it.uc3m.es> From: Jonathan Wakely Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: signed/unsigned integer conversion for right shift seems To: Peter Breuer Cc: David Brown , lh_mouse , gcc-help Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-02/txt/msg00060.txt.bz2 On 7 February 2018 at 18:32, Peter T. Breuer wrote: > "Also sprach Jonathan Wakely:" >> > Correct. I am exact, which is the minimum anyone can be. >> >> I prefer this from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sophistry >> Thus sophist (which comes from Greek sophist?s, meaning "wise man" or >> "expert") earned a negative connotation as "a captious or fallacious > > It is ambiguous in the sense that both it and its opposite are possible > dictionary meanings, a rare distinction. Your choice was number 2 in > the usual dictionary list. I preferred number 1 both on the basis of > accuracy in this instance and popularity as per the dictionary ordering. > > I could care less ;) > > It illustrated that you should be more careful, so I allowed it. > >> reasoner." Sophistry is reasoning that seems plausible on a >> superficial level but is actually unsound, or reasoning that is used >> to deceive. > > Unfortunately for your likely intention, my reasoning is both deep and > correct and it is on display preciely in order that you may be able to > take issue with it at any point in it. You are https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/ and I claim my five pounds.