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From: doylep@ecf.toronto.edu (Patrick Doyle)
Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops)
Date: 1998/09/03
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In article <35EE5F67.80D@gecm.com>,
Malcolm Steel  <malcolm.steel@gecm.com> wrote:
>
>I have largeley ignored this thread, however I would like to ask a
>general question that this dicussion demonstrates:
>Why are engineers with new/different ideas always shot down without
>consideration ?  So many times I have seem new thoughts and ideas
>attacked without any consideration.  A classic move is to quote a book. 
>It seems books are law, even i they are not always correct (often they
>are not !!!).

If you are referring to the Martin vs. Coates thing in this thread,
then I'll remind you that it is Elliott that shot down Robert's
statement about what SP is, and it was Elliott who *asked* for
the quotes from the book.

 -PD
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