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- From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lfwc.lockheed.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Logic (was C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada)
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 15:08:03 +0000
- Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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- > You are somehow, and at this point I can only assume it is intentional,
- > completely failing to distinguish between "X can be used with Y" and "X
- > is related to Y". I can smash plates with a hammer; this does not introduce
- > some general relevance of hammers to plates.
-
- No, but it introduces a _specific_ relevance. Here's the counter-example,
- using your logic:
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- o People rob banks to get money.
-
- o However, money is used in many non-criminal contexts.
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- o Therefore, money has nothing to do with robbing banks.
-
- Any further posts on the rules of logic in this area will be cheerfully ignored.
- We'll just have to agree to disagree on this point.
-