From: "gypsy" <gypsy@planet10.dimensional.com>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/17
Date: 1998-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01bd3bf9$56ee5f80$LocalHost@planet10> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34E9A0CE.1F70@logic.net
K. C. Putnam <casey@logic.net> wrote in article
<34E9A0CE.1F70@logic.net>...
> I have read this thread particularly with regard to the "sexist"
> thing. Even the "he or she" is not perfect. It omits those of
> questionable or ambiguous gender. My solution is to combine all
> of the pronouns into one. Sheheit! Say it real fast.
>
> Casey
>
I, too, have been following this thread...and while some very convincing
arguments have been made on all sides, still haven't been convinced.
(Although I agree with the sentiment contained in sheheit :))
This particular "glitch" in english grammar will never really be resolved
to anyone's satisfaction. One of the greatest disadvantages of general
public literacy is that language doesn't mutate/evolve as quickly as it has
in times of wide spread illiteracy. Predominantly, this is due to
"authorities" putting down in print "the rules".
Just like any Computer language you care to examine, English is a
"multi-function" language...what I am trying to say is that there are many
different ways of saying the same thing (QED). It is, despite all Grammar
School Teachers' best efforts, completely up to the speaker how the point
is gotten across...
Personally, I use "he is", "he or she is", "one is", and "they are"
depending a) on my mood, and b) on my listener-- as the point of
communicating is to get the point across and the best way to do so is to
determine which method of speech will best achieve that depending on the
audience.
'Kay then...that's my 2 cents worth...which is about all it's worth :)
--
Lucretia M. Pruitt
gypsy@planet10.dimensional.com
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1998-01-30 0:00 Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? scott
1998-01-30 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Charles W. Hall
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Jahfre
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Art/Jeannie Daly
1998-02-02 0:00 ` Ian Chivers
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Edwin Purvee
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Paul Mesken
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Mad Hamish
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Dennis Weldy
1998-02-18 0:00 ` mei
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Charles W. Hall
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Rennie Allen
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Graham Broadbridge
1998-02-10 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-02-11 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Frank A. Adrian
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
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1998-02-12 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Ethics Gradient
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Steven B Mohler
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Mad Hamish
1998-02-14 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-02-14 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Steven B Mohler
1998-02-14 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Ethics Gradient
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1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-16 0:00 ` Flaagg
1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
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1998-02-18 0:00 ` Sakurambo
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Vinay Mutha
1998-02-20 0:00 ` WeeSaul
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Sakurambo
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1998-02-13 0:00 ` The Goobers
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1998-02-11 0:00 ` Dietmar Stumpe
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1998-02-12 0:00 ` Chris Gray
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Stephen Taylor
1998-02-12 0:00 ` John W. Lewellen
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
1998-02-12 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
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1998-02-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
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1997-12-22 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
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1997-12-28 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
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1997-12-31 0:00 ` Which language pays most " arnie sherman
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1997-12-31 0:00 ` John Slaman
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1998-01-11 0:00 ` Carsten Arnholm
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