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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: Stephen Taylor Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/02/12 Message-ID: <34E27ADB.7DBE@afs.net.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 324338657 Cache-Post-Path: server.afs.net.au!unknown@bigone.afs.net.au Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6at330$7uj$1@mainsrv.main.nc.us> <6bp6rh$sim$4@peachy.apana.org.au> <6bpoea$rd1$1@bvbsd2.kc.bv.com> <6bsddk$3cp$1@news.nyu.edu> <34E23B11.6AD8@erols.com> <01bd3756$552bf060$efd9cdcf@ms112188.mindspring.com> <34E25602.4F93EF49@for-president.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Australian Financial Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Dietmar Stumpe wrote: >> You might be surprised to discover that his sentence is *correct* based >> upon what is being taught in schools these days. The sex-neutral use of >> "they" and "their" to refer to a single person is now in common usage >> (including the mainstream media) and is being taught in most business >> writing courses (at least it was seven years ago when I went through B' >> school). I don't know if this has caught on in grade school or high school >> yet. If not, it's only a matter or time. You might as well get used to it. > I love political correctness! The language will be lost, but it is important > to use political correctness. LOL Political correctness? I'd call this 'politeness'. The phrase 'political correctness' is just a rock people use to hit other people with when they're too intellectually lazy to argue coherently with them. In this instance, using 'they' as a genderless replacement for 'he' loses precision with respect to number (bad) while gaining accuracy with respect to gender (good). The language will be lost because of this? > - Dietmar Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Taylor steve@afs.net.au Applied Financial Services Phone: +61 3 9670 0233 Fax: +61 3 9670 5018