From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d6f7b92fd11ab291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-17 13:31:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Crosspost: Help wanted from comp.compilers Message-ID: <20030717162911.6d76ba5d.falis@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20030717141153.0746785b.falis@verizon.net> <20030717153702.7c2c5be4.falis@verizon.net> X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:31:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.71.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1058473905 141.154.71.51 (Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:31:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:31:45 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40434 Date: 2003-07-17T20:31:45+00:00 List-Id: On 17 Jul 2003 16:20:21 -0400 Robert A Duff wrote: > But we all do in fact argue whether something-or-other is a "feature" > or a "bug". And it's based on whether we think something-or-other is > good behavior, not on whether some document says so. Yes, you're absolutely right. My choice of the document as an example of something relatively objective was probably bad. It amazes me over and over again how we try to make our subjective stances carry the weight of something objective (or believe they do without trying). Guess I was feeling philosophical because I swatted some good bugs this afternoon. And this was nothing against Tom, except to point out the contextual "envelope" around labelling a behavior as a bug. - Ed