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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "There are some stunningly novel ideas in Perl" -- Paul Graham

by demerphq (Chancellor)
on Apr 28, 2003 at 17:35 UTC ( [id://253758]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: "There are some stunningly novel ideas in Perl" -- Paul Graham
in thread "There are some stunningly novel ideas in Perl" -- Paul Graham

It appears that you have your opinion already, and every inconvenient new fact gets slotted in the ordained hierarchy somewhere.

Really? That may be true. I can't really say. Which inconvenient fact have I slotted into the ordained heirarchy? You should try readin my replies a little closer before you start throwing stones. It seems to me that the one having troubling dealing with issues raised in this discussion is you not me.

would find out that Dr. Graham has made more money than you are likely to ever make by writing business type apps in a reasonable timeframe for a reasonable budget. Oh, and he did it in one of the languages that you listed as "useless" for exactly that purpose.

I like your style here. You attack me directly because you disagree with me, even when you havent read what I've written very carefully. And then you go and falsely quote me saying something that I didnt say. Nowhere in my post did I say these langauges are "useless". So, I guess its really me who should be asking "Want some ketchup with that foot?"

The invective aside, im wondering if you recall what anecdotal evidence is? Hopefully you do, because it seems you like to use it. So Mr. Graham got richer than I ever will be from writing a business app in one of the languages I was critical of. Thats good. Ill buy his book and read it if only to rebut you the next time you show up. :-) But the fact is that what he did one time says absolutely nothing. Im sure theres people who wrote succesfull business apps on time and on budget in assembler even. Doesn't mean that its a common occurance. Doesn't mean that assembler is suitable for mainstream business use. And that was my point: hackers IMO are more likely to provide something like that than an academic.

Of course he then went out and explained why he chose it, why it worked, and why you won't see lots of other people following his example.

If when i read the book the reason he provides for why you wont see lots of people following his example is becuase the language is generally unsuitable for it, then I think I shall have to hunt you down and kill you. *grin*

And if you won't get it from there, what makes me think that you would get it from an anonymous nobody either?

I listen and debate with everybody. (Review my posting history.) And generally I am a very quick learner. Im not worried about how well I learn, I dont think you should be. You seem to delight in the personal attack. Me I would have done my best to show me the error of my ways. Whatever. Its your choice. And I will read the article.


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<Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...

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