Re: transitive closure

Alfredo Novoa wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2005 23:23:26 -0700, "Marshall Spight"
> <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> As the philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'All truth goes through three
> >> stages. First, it is ridiculed. Then, it is violently opposed. Finally,
> >> it is accepted as self-evident.'
> >
> >Heh. Some non-truths go through the same process, though.
> >Viz. XML. Currently in the "accepted as self-evident" phase.
>
> I disagree, XML skipped the first two phases and it was accepted in
> the same way as the Emperor's new clothes.

Actually, now that you mention it, your description better matches how I remember it going. I just woke up one day, went to work, and suddenly everything was "XML! XML! XML!" There was just me and this one other guy going "WTF? WTF?" I remember him saying, how is this going to help us *at all*? 1998 or so.

Marshall Received on Wed Jul 20 2005 - 16:41:26 CEST