Re: Thread killing problem

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:42:21 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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On Jan 6, 7:26 pm, "Tom=C3=A1s =C3=93 h=C3=89ilidhe" <t...@lavabit.com> wrot=
e:

    [...]

Because people get told to shut up if they ask how to
interface with a USB device in C++.


And what makes you think that the people telling others to shut
up won't do it in the new group as well?

Note that if someone just asks how to interface with a USB
device, the correct answer here is that he'll probably need to
use a platform specific API, since there isn't a cross-platform
solution (that I know of). Someone who asks how to write a GUI,
however, will (or should) be sent to wxWidgets or something
similar. Someone who asks how to open a window in VC++ under
Windows, on the other hand, should be sent to
comp....mswindows... Because that isn't a cross-platform
question.

And I know that there are a few people who have nothing better
to do than to jump on people for posting to the wrong group,
even when it's not the case. But I don't think you can do much
about that, and I don't think a new group will help.

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