From: nohelp@willhelp.com (Flaagg)
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/17
Date: 1998-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MPG.f5302209b80b930989c8f@news.navicom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34E8FB6B.3235@erols.com
In <34E8FB6B.3235@erols.com>, The Goobers <docdwarf@erols.com> says...
> Flaagg wrote:
> >
> > In <34E84A8B.5DC4@erols.com>, The Goobers <docdwarf@erols.com> says...
> >
> > > Flaagg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In <AgYqkXAQ+440EwqZ@variance.demon.co.uk>, Ethics Gradient
> > > > <ethics.gradient@variance.demon.co.uk> says...
> > > >
> > > > > In article <6bv3no$b62@clarknet.clark.net>, docdwarf@clark.net writes
> > > > > >In article <6bti3r$e96$1@client3.news.psi.net>,
> > > > > >Frank A. Adrian <frank_adrian@firstdatabank.com> wrote:
> > > > > >>The Goobers wrote in message <34E23B11.6AD8@erols.com>...
> > > > > >>>Richard Kenner wrote:
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> The more a "programmer" knows, the more "well rounded" they are.
> > > > > >>>> I see no reason to set a limit to knowlege in any field: it's always
> > > > > >>>> better to know more than to know less.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>BLEARGH!
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>Read this sentence again, please:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> 'The more a "programmer" knows, the more "well rounded" they are.'
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>I realise that you are trying to avoid sex-specification ('The more a
> > > > > >>>"programmer" knows, the mofe "well rounded" he/she is.') but you BOTCHED
> > > > > >>>it... now, repeat after me:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>'Antecedants must agree with their consequent.'
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>Notice the subtle ha-ha in this 'rule'? 'Antecedants' and 'their' are
> > > > > >>>plurals, 'consequent' is a singular... is make for good joke to
> > > > > >>>remembering Eenglish to be doing by, no?
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>In your sentence 'programmer' is singular, 'knows' is singular, 'they'
> > > > > >>>and 'are' am be pluralismers.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>What *are* they teaching in schools nowadays?
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>*They* are teaching that in order to be politically correct in this day and
> > > > > >>age, in order to sooth ruffled feathers of those who insist on sex neutral
> > > > > >>language, one must sometimes wrinkle the ears of fuddy-duddy language
> > > > > >>purists with circumlocutions such as the sentence that caused you to go
> > > > > >>"BLEARGH!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >At times, perhaps, this 'must' be done... in this case I can think of a
> > > > > >readily acceptable substitute. Is an abhorrence of lazy thinking another
> > > > > >symptom of that which you lable 'fuddy-duddiness'?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> In some cases, other fuddy-duddy language purists' ears wrinkle
> > > > > >>upon hearing the phrase "his/her" or (even more noveau) the sex neutral
> > > > > >>linguistic proposal "te or tis". And, although most fuddy-duddy language
> > > > > >>purists *would* prefer that the whole sex-neutral language issue would go
> > > > > >>away allowing us to revert to good old masculine singular as a generic
> > > > > >>singular term for a person, as with sex the controversy appears to be here
> > > > > >>for quite a while longer.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>In short, lighten up, Mr. Language Pedant.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Mr? Why do you call me 'Mr'? Permit me to offer you a challenge, Mr
> > > > > >Adrian... I say there is a simple, readily accepted substitute for this
> > > > > >instance of antecedant/consequent disagreement. I say, further, that you
> > > > > >can neither generate it yourself nor, after I generate it, give any
> > > > > >passable reason as to *why* this antecedant/consequent disagreement is
> > > > > >superior to the alternative that you are obviously unable to generate.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Are you up to the challenge, Mr Adrian? Do you say there is *no*
> > > > > >acceptable alternative to the abovecited disagreement... or that the
> > > > > >failure to find one is just a matter of laziness?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >DD
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >--
> > > > >
> > > > > This thread has just been put into alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk where
> > > > > Wee Saul, the Commander in Chief of the English language can reside.
> > > >
> > > > Grammar Confusion aside, all I know is this:
> > > >
> > > > There is a cheese sandwich sitting on my monitor, and I didn't make it
> > > > -or- put it there.
> > >
> > > Stilton, Muenster or Camelburke?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> You're sure about that?
No.
mhm9x2
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1998-01-30 0:00 Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? scott
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Charles W. Hall
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Art/Jeannie Daly
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Jahfre
1998-02-02 0:00 ` Ian Chivers
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Edwin Purvee
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Paul Mesken
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Mad Hamish
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Dennis Weldy
1998-02-18 0:00 ` mei
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Charles W. Hall
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Rennie Allen
1998-01-30 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Graham Broadbridge
1998-02-10 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-02-11 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Frank A. Adrian
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Frank A. Adrian
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Frank A. Adrian
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Ethics Gradient
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Steven B Mohler
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Mad Hamish
1998-02-14 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-02-14 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Ethics Gradient
1998-02-15 0:00 ` Flaagg
1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-16 0:00 ` Flaagg
1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Flaagg [this message]
1998-02-17 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Anthony Jenkins
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Sakurambo
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Dave Hillstrom
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Vinay Mutha
1998-02-20 0:00 ` WeeSaul
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Sakurambo
1998-02-21 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-16 0:00 ` WeeSaul
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Steven B Mohler
1998-02-14 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Ethics Gradient
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Paulo Pena
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Dik T. Winter
1998-02-19 0:00 ` D J Mann
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
[not found] ` <6cigl4$m11@news.Hawaii.Edu>
1998-02-20 0:00 ` Paul Stevenson
1998-02-20 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **
1998-03-02 0:00 ` Mailuser
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Will Rose
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
[not found] ` <01bd3803$441d4c30$ee6de288@ato-10098>
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Jeff York
1998-02-13 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-13 0:00 ` M.L. Scott
1998-02-13 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-13 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-16 0:00 ` tgg
1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-16 0:00 ` tgg
1998-02-16 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-17 0:00 ` martin dowie
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Dietmar Stumpe
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Patricia Shanahan
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Entwistle
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Chris Gray
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Stephen Taylor
1998-02-12 0:00 ` John W. Lewellen
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
1998-02-12 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-12 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
1998-02-12 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Michael Rubenstein
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Benz
1998-02-13 0:00 ` James Giles
1998-02-17 0:00 ` K. C. Putnam
1998-02-17 0:00 ` gypsy
1998-02-13 0:00 ` Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
[not found] ` <01bd37cf$fa30c4e0$56dacdcf@ms112188.mindspring.com>
1998-02-12 0:00 ` docdwarf
1998-02-12 0:00 ` Michael Rot13 Klein
1998-02-12 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-14 0:00 ` cyanide
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Joseph T. Adams
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
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1997-12-19 0:00 Which language pays most 17457 " James Giles
1997-12-22 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-12-21 0:00 ` James Giles
1997-12-28 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1997-12-30 0:00 ` paulr
1997-12-31 0:00 ` Which language pays most " arnie sherman
1997-12-30 0:00 ` Dann Corbit
1997-12-31 0:00 ` John Slaman
[not found] ` <01bd198f$4050d960$68c8b5cc@dhite.unicomp.net>
1998-01-06 0:00 ` Jedi
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Highlander Consulting
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Carsten Arnholm
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Highlander Consulting
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Charles F Hankel
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Paul Groves
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Patricia Shanahan
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Barrabazz
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Patricia Shanahan
1998-01-12 0:00 ` Ron Peterson
1998-01-14 0:00 ` anonymous
1998-01-19 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
[not found] ` <01bd2526$66b70fa0$d6d945cf@juddesk>
1998-01-23 0:00 ` dnns
1998-01-27 0:00 ` Robert Garskof
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Steve Dekorte
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Barrabazz
1998-01-28 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Tim Oxler
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Tim Oxler
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Wayne L. Beavers
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Frank A. Adrian
1998-02-03 0:00 ` GLE
1998-02-03 0:00 ` The Goobers
1998-02-03 0:00 ` Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **
1998-01-29 0:00 ` coryb
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Patricia Shanahan
1998-01-31 0:00 ` Paul Van Bellinghen
1998-02-01 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-09 0:00 ` cyanide
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Bill Lynch
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Michael Rot13 Klein
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Jeff Knaggs
1998-02-10 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-02-09 0:00 ` cyanide
1998-02-10 0:00 ` dogmat
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Edwin Purvee
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1998-02-10 0:00 ` Steve Dekorte
1998-02-10 0:00 ` Bill Lynch
1998-02-11 0:00 ` dogmat
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-01-31 0:00 ` Larry Wiggins
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Ben Pfaff
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
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1998-02-02 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-02-02 0:00 ` Michael C. Kasten
[not found] ` <6alu5l$onm$1@owl.slip <34E0D798.E29D6CA0@cableol.co.uk>
1998-02-11 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
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1998-01-27 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Robert Garskof
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