... part of the C language standard (as opposed to using a preprocessor with Fortran), it could be reliably depended upon in a portable way. (The "updated" code would still compile on the previus platform(s) it had been adapted.) In post-standardization days much of this has gone away, I think. But then there are some specific issues, firstly the habit programmers have of making assumptions ...

... this is a subject belife that he holds. Anything wrong in that so far? If as you say he is relating his personal experiance, then I wish him to say this, and so inform me that his previuse statments about objective truth where in fact lies. I am well aware of how I work and the diferances in the way in which others minds work, you seem to be mistaken in your assesment of me. Are ...

...? some hardware need to be plug first to be detecte by the computer, after that the computer will ask for the disk to install the drivers...Mi sugestions is : Do a system restore a day previus the installations of the hardware, get the proper windows updates for you computer and plug first the hardware if the computer no make a sound or the wizard doesn't pop up, then go do device ...