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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "alan walkington" Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/11 Message-ID: <6tcav5$lia$1@usenet43.supernews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 390267536 References: <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6sjnlu$83l$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6spia2$1s36$1@prime.imagin.net> <35F06D6A.91A3D34E@s054.aone.net.au> <35F99210.D3ECCB6E@s054.aone.net.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Trace: 905555749 YVH4RINSWA811D118 usenet43.supernews.com Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: Discussions Start Here Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Loryn: Ahh, but you DID post it. (And I suppose we are now WAY off topic for this NG :-) ) >One day, if you're interested, I'll try to describe something like this >in terms that doesn't carry a whole lot of linguistic baggage. Within the context of your first post, that is not possible. > It is much more to the point that language is an instrument which > *construes reality*. It is quite inapropriate to claim that thoughts can > be organised outside of the semiotic systems that construct it. ANY terms you use will be organized withing the semiotic system which is used to construe them, and as such will carry their own inevitible linguistic baggage. Ain't this fun? Alan Walkington Sr. Software Engineer U.D.L.P. San Jose ----------------------------------------------------- home: walky@netmagic.net work: alan_walkington@udlp.com