Re: Some Laws

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

>"robert" <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com> wrote in message news:da3c2186.0409231518.29479ecd_at_posting.google.com...

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>> in all, i like java.

     Language.

>I find this this statement hard to reconcile with you earlier one
>about the twinks and the lemmings.

     People.

     The two are different.

     I have heard a lot of attacks on BASIC. Many of them appear predicated on some of the types of people who use it. Nonetheless, that has little to do with the language. I use BASIC for quick, app-related utilities. It is more robust than C for such things. It is irrelevant to that who else uses BASIC. There are probably similar arguments for Java.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.