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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2353cc2ebdf8fc4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-06 17:00:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!luth.se!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languajes Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:48:25 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3C84057E.8020504@users.sf.net> <3C8503D9.30209@users.sf.net> <3C85AA9A.7050201@users.sf.net> <3C85EE99.CDBCA9D6@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1015426107 26427 136.170.200.133 (6 Mar 2002 14:48:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Mar 2002 14:48:27 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20880 Date: 2002-03-06T14:48:27+00:00 List-Id: "John English" wrote in message news:3C85EE99.CDBCA9D6@brighton.ac.uk... > > Oh, I value *my* time more highly than any mere processor -- an hour > of my time is worth much more than a few nanoseconds of my processor's. > However, I'm happy to value the time "the human" spends writing the > code more cheaply, just as long as I'm not the human in question... > You might not if you were cutting the paycheck for "the human" in exchange for the programmed result. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ > -----------------------------------------------------------------