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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-12 20:02:06 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: raj Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: [OT] Software Engineering at 14 (was: Re: Beginner's Language?) Message-ID: <7iurft0hbh4ilp040t9vob6bmhbfsavgkb@4ax.com> References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here> <9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87heyu7cqd.fsf@frown.here> <9dc20p$hh15e$1@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9ddfv2$gl3$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> <9dh21o$i8crr$2@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9dhtr9$59d$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 03:00:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.144.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au 989722850 203.164.144.2 (Sun, 13 May 2001 13:00:50 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:00:50 EST Organization: @Home Network Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7438 comp.lang.lisp:9930 comp.lang.smalltalk:9625 comp.lang.functional:5580 comp.lang.scheme:3755 comp.lang.perl:2694 Date: 2001-05-13T03:00:50+00:00 List-Id: >what good does it do to remember this, precisely? it seems that this tells >me as much about the austrian educational system as, say, an account of the >australian history with, for instance, a special focus on the fate of the >indigenous population after the arrival of the british tells me about what >goes on in the schools down under. i.e., nothing. Actually the attempted genocide of the Aboriginal population of Australia by the British is still a hot topic here. Australia Day ( January 26th) , is called Invasion Day by the native Australians. Pauline Hanson, our home grown version of Haider is well known for her anti-Aboriginal stance ( and anti Chinese and anti-Asian and ...) Remembering is ultimately the only defence we have.