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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1077b1,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gid1077b1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f79bb,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gidf79bb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,15b707eaa08613df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "John G. Volan" Subject: Re: Schizophrenic Robert Martin exposed at http://www.netscum.net/martinr0.html Date: 1997/06/23 Message-ID: <33AE3BCA.592C@sprintmail.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 251980673 References: <5o4udr$g5j$2@news2.digex.net> Organization: Sprint Internet Passport Reply-To: johnvolan@sprintmail.com Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.databases.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.sather,comp.lang.eiffel,alt.flame.robert-martin Date: 1997-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > An oxymoron is the juxtaposition of terms or concepts for poetic or > rhetorical effect that would normally be considered inconsistent (e.g. > "deafening silence"). Or for that matter, "oxy-moron", which in ancient Greek meant "sharp-foolish" ("sharp" as in wit ... or cheese) :-) . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet.Usenet.Put_Signature (Name => "John G. Volan", Employer => "Texas Instruments Advanced C3I Systems, San Jose, CA", Work_Email => "jvolan@ti.com", Home_Email => "johnvolan@sprintmail.com", Slogan => "Ada95: World's *FIRST* International-Standard OOPL", Disclaimer => "My employer never defined these opinions, so using" & "them would be totally erroneous ... or is that" & "just nondeterministic behavior now? :-) "); ------------------------------------------------------------------------