Re: Would be really nice if...

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:26:45 -0800
Message-ID: <1109265823.806960@yasure>

fitzjarrell_at_cox.net wrote:

> Haximus wrote:
>

>>>Sometimes 'innovative thinking' isn't so innovative, nor in the

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> best
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>>>interest of the language.  This is one such case.
>>
>>I will give you a little analogy of your way of thinking:  the boss

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> sends
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>>you out for a selection of donuts and dutifully you head down to

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> Dunkin'
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>>Donuts or where ever.  The first thing you notice is that the boss'

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> list
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>>matches the offering at the store identically, only one item they

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> have isn't
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>>on the list - a plain donut.  Now, most people will say "give me one

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> of
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>>everything except the plain donut!"  But not Fitzy, due to his

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> stubborn
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>>nature he must verbally list each and all the donuts specified in the

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> list,
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>>one by one, to his server. Meanwhile people are waiting in line

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> behind
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>>Fitzy, wondering wtf he doesn't just specify which ones he DOESN'T

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> wan't in
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>>order to save time.

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>
> How does comparing a programming language to a natural language make
> this a valid analogy? You're showing your 'innovative' though process
> again, and it's failed miserably this time, too. Please stop
> attemtpting to bolster your ludicrous suggestion with vain attempts at
> logic, as logical proof is obviously not your strong point.
>
>
> David Fitzjarrell

And to quote Niels Bohr, and I've put this quote on the PSOUG home page, "No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Thu Feb 24 2005 - 11:26:45 CST