Those 2 paragraphs seem counter to eachother. Not to judge, but was the claim of being the first to vote yes impactful in your decision?
Those 2 paragraphs seem counter to eachother. Not to judge, but was the claim of being the first to vote yes impactful in your decision?
That the standard had numerous flaws wasn't sufficient reason to vote against it, especially since I couldn't do anything about it since the committee wasn't going to consider my criticisms. Standardizing C had many beneficial consequences and not doing so would have been costly.
And it's not merely a "claim" -- are you actually suggesting that I'm lying? Your question doesn't even make sense as written, as my claim today could not have affected a decision in 1988. And "Not to judge, but" is a bizarre thing to say if one isn't judging. Your whole comment is rather rude.
Did the fact that I was the first to vote have an effect? Yes ... I was an outsider, having only joined the committee one meeting prior to the vote, and I really didn't know the general attitude of the committee members, so I didn't know how the vote would go, putting me in an awkward position. As it turned out, it was unanimous.
Oh, and I found documentation: https://www.open-std.org/JTC1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n062.pdf -- the roll call lists Balter (me) first.
No, I'm not actually suggesting you're lying. Claim meaning a thing you have. Not "you claim to be." Like staking your claim. Or a bank's claim on a house. Important for me to make sure I'm using the right word, not one definition on Merriam Webster contains doubt or accusation. In fact it's quite the opposite. In case you need to brush up on it https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claim . If it helps you, I meant it in the noun way not the verb way. Not "are you claiming to be...". I do see that some definitions of other dictionaries when used as a verb are not my intent, so that's why I put the "not to judge". It was there to guide the reader in benefit of the doubt
Well, that clarifies your intent but it's a very peculiar usage, and more properly it should have been "claim on", not "claim of". In any case, there was no need or point to the words "the claim of" ... "was being the first to vote yes impactful?" is quite adequate.
> In case you need to brush up on it
I have no such need.
> If it helps you, I meant it in the noun way not the verb way.
It doesn't help at all as it's a noun in both "your claim on first vote privilege" and "your claim that you voted first".
> not one definition on Merriam Webster contains doubt or accusation
You are quite mistaken. Both "to assert in the face of possible contradiction" (verb form) and "an assertion open to challenge" (noun form) very much "contains doubt".
Enough of this off topic discussion of grammar ... I won't respond again.