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From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada)
Date: 1996/04/09
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references: <JSA.96Feb16135027@organon.com> <4kcer3$mi4@solutions.solon.com>
 <4kdmml$uv@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <dewar.829057929@schonberg>
organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Date: 1996-04-09T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <dewar.829057929@schonberg>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
 >Fergus said
 >
 >"Every programmer has done something incompetent or foolish at some time."
 >
 >Except presumably Peter and Kazimir :-) :-)

I don't see what this has to do with anything. I don't think that either of us
has _purposely insisted_ on doing something incompetent or irrational in our
programming.

The debate is about doing something purposely and consciously, not about
making mistakes. If I make a mistake in my call to read() or select(), that is
not the same as an expression of belief that these calls work a certain way.
It's just an error, plain and simple.
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