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From: Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Anti-Ada FUD (rant)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:52:12 +0100
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On 23/09/2013 09:37, in article l1oukm$cuu$1@speranza.aioe.org, "Bill
Richards" <billrich@gmx.com> wrote:

> On 2013-09-23, Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>> Was that *whole* post tongue-in-cheek?
> 
> Not at all. UNIX just happened. C just happened. Personally I have no use
> for either. I simply prefer good designs and discipline to the sloppy
> expedience of UNIX. If it weren't free as in doesn't cost money, UNIX/Linux
> wouldn't have been able to blot out most of the native species.

Irreconcilable world views are at play here, I think.

> I prefer Adam's words about knowing who to thank when the
> plane doesn't crash.

God? Really?

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