From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Three simple questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:43:32 GMT
Date: 2000-10-17T00:43:32+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8sg7bj$fon$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E$AxXKqRbPwQ@eisner.decus.org
In article <E$AxXKqRbPwQ@eisner.decus.org>,
Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) wrote:
> In article <wcc8zro93vg.fsf@world.std.com>, Robert A Duff
<bobduff@world.std.com> writes:
>
> > I find myself going to some trouble to avoid starting a
sentence with a
> > case-senstive name -- "The 'gcc' command compiles Ada
programs.", rather
> > than "'gcc' compiles Ada programs.", which is ugly, or
"'Gcc' compiles
> > Ada programs.", which is wrong.
>
> Isn't it only wrong on case-sensitive operating systems ?
Assuming there was no missing smiley here and that Larry
was serious (which may be a silly assumption), I will say
that I know exactly what Bob means, and I do the same
myself. It is analogous to knowing that the following
sentence is malformed.
E.e. cummings was one of the last centuries most brilliant
poets.
Please no followups on whether you agree with the sentiment :-)
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2000-10-09 0:00 Three simple questions Frank Christiny
2000-10-09 0:00 ` John McCabe
2000-10-09 0:00 ` Frank Christiny
2000-10-10 0:00 ` John English
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-10 0:00 ` John English
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-12 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-10-12 0:00 ` The AI process (was: Three simple questions) Ted Dennison
2000-10-12 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2000-10-12 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Three simple questions Robert A Duff
2000-10-11 0:11 ` wv12
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-14 3:25 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-15 0:00 ` The Ludwig Family
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-17 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-18 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-19 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-28 11:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-28 10:56 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-28 10:57 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-16 3:10 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-17 0:00 ` The Ludwig Family
2000-10-16 0:00 ` James Hassett
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-11 0:00 ` mjsilva
2000-10-11 0:00 ` John English
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-10-11 0:00 ` David Gillon
2000-10-11 2:12 ` DuckE
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Case for case-sensitivity (Was: Three simple questions) Frank Christiny
2000-10-10 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2000-10-10 0:00 ` mjsilva
2000-10-10 0:00 ` John Magness
2000-10-10 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-10 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-12 0:00 ` John English
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-11 0:00 ` John English
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Frank Christiny
2000-10-12 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-14 0:00 ` nickerson
2000-10-15 1:48 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-15 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-10-11 0:00 ` dmitry6243
2000-10-11 4:39 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-10 0:47 ` Three simple questions Larry Elmore
2000-10-10 1:16 ` Ed Falis
2000-10-11 3:47 ` Jeff Carter
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Philippe Torres
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-10-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-10-11 3:59 ` Jeff Carter
2000-10-14 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-10-10 0:42 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
2000-10-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-10-12 1:05 ` Bjarne Bäckström
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-10-14 3:28 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Bjarne Bäckström
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-13 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
[not found] ` <39EAEEEA.4F58C47C@cepsz.unizar.es>
2000-10-16 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-17 0:43 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-11-03 7:24 ` E. E. Cummings (was Re: Three simple questions) Robert I. Eachus
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Three simple questions Keith Thompson
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-10-14 0:37 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-14 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
2000-10-14 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-14 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-16 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
2000-10-17 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-10-11 0:00 ` Larry Hazel
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