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    From Anton Shepelev@anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com to comp.lang.c on Mon Jun 9 14:21:55 2025
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    Richard Heathfield:

    I asked: "Write a program that is valid C90 but invalid
    C99."

    ChatGPT said:

    Certainly! To illustrate this, I'll write a C program that
    is valid in C90 but invalid in C99.

    This AI cannot speak English and answer questions as they
    are asked:

    1. You did not ask it /whether/ it were possible to write
    such a program, so its answer "Certainly" either makes
    no sense, or means agreement to fullfil your request.

    2. If it means agreement, the following sentence makes no
    sense, for what is it going to illustrate (if not the
    possiblity of such a program)?

    3. And then it cocludes with a blatant tautology,
    promising to "illustrate" the wrting of a C90-but-not-
    C99 program, by writing a C90-but-not-C99 program.

    Its diction is like that of schoolchild taught to start an
    answers by repeating the question, but not understanding how
    to do it.
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  • From Roberto@dash@dominus.net to comp.lang.c on Mon Jun 9 15:13:31 2025
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    After serious thinking Anton Shepelev wrote :
    Richard Heathfield:

    I asked: "Write a program that is valid C90 but invalid
    C99."

    ChatGPT said:

    Certainly! To illustrate this, I'll write a C program that
    is valid in C90 but invalid in C99.

    This AI cannot speak English and answer questions as they
    are asked:

    1. You did not ask it /whether/ it were possible to write
    such a program, so its answer "Certainly" either makes
    no sense, or means agreement to fullfil your request.

    2. If it means agreement, the following sentence makes no
    sense, for what is it going to illustrate (if not the
    possiblity of such a program)?

    3. And then it cocludes with a blatant tautology,
    promising to "illustrate" the wrting of a C90-but-not-
    C99 program, by writing a C90-but-not-C99 program.

    Its diction is like that of schoolchild taught to start an
    answers by repeating the question, but not understanding how
    to do it.

    + 1

    Thanks to underlining it.
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    Roberto
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  • From Roberto@dash@dominus.net to comp.lang.c on Mon Jun 9 15:17:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c

    Roberto submitted this idea :
    After serious thinking Anton Shepelev wrote :
    Richard Heathfield:

    I asked: "Write a program that is valid C90 but invalid
    C99."

    ChatGPT said:

    Certainly! To illustrate this, I'll write a C program that
    is valid in C90 but invalid in C99.

    This AI cannot speak English and answer questions as they
    are asked:

    1. You did not ask it /whether/ it were possible to write
    such a program, so its answer "Certainly" either makes
    no sense, or means agreement to fullfil your request.

    2. If it means agreement, the following sentence makes no
    sense, for what is it going to illustrate (if not the
    possiblity of such a program)?

    3. And then it cocludes with a blatant tautology,
    promising to "illustrate" the wrting of a C90-but-not-
    C99 program, by writing a C90-but-not-C99 program.

    Its diction is like that of schoolchild taught to start an
    answers by repeating the question, but not understanding how
    to do it.

    + 1

    Thanks to underlining it.

    Thanks _for_ underlining it.
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