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Re: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man: rst2man: .TH 5th field shouldn't be e


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: Re: Bug#1018737: /usr/bin/rst2man: rst2man: .TH 5th field shouldn't be empty
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:29:43 -0500

Hi Alex,

At 2022-09-07T00:13:18+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> "Those types are not 'abstract'--they are as real as int and float."
>> -- guess who?
> 
> :p  By the way, an actual link to the context of the quote would be
> nice.  I've only found copies of the quote without context.  Where did
> that appear?

Earliest source I can find is a 1991 paper by Stroustrup.  See the
bottom of page 5.

https://www.stroustrup.com/whatis.pdf

Regards,
Branden

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