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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,715875e575230543 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-22 06:44:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thought this was funny References: <3F95AFE3.7030308@comcast.net> <3F95D0D2.40103@comcast.net> <3F95FF86.3040208@comcast.net> Message-ID: From: Ed Falis Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Opera7.20/Linux M2 build 449 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:44:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.115.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1066830254 141.154.115.193 (Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:44:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:44:14 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1421 Date: 2003-10-22T13:44:14+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 03:56:04 GMT, Robert I. Eachus wrote: > That paragraph I wrote was an attempt to separate the Zen of XP, which > is very good, from the nutcase version that tries to convert ethetics > into moral laws. Yes, there is a lot of good thinking in XP. However, I > was recently looking at some books "how to" on XP in Barnes & Nobles > that made me sick. They tried to tell you what to do, not why you > should do it, and to make absolutes out of what should be esthetic > judgements. Spoken like an ex-Grasshopper ;-) Gassho! - Ed