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- From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Logic (was C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada)
- Date: 15 Mar 1996 23:04:00 -0600
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- In article <314987D3.7A19@lfwc.lockheed.com>,
- Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lfwc.lockheed.com> wrote:
- >> 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:
-
- > o People rob banks to get money.
-
- > o However, money is used in many non-criminal contexts.
-
- > 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.
-
- Hmm. Here's the thing, though - people also steal things other than
- money. So, we have that:
- o People steal money.
- o People steal things other than money.
- o People use money in non-criminal contexts.
- Therefore, money is not a part of theft, and theft is not a part of money.
- A problem with make, or a strength of make, is not related to the C language.
- It may be related to the *use* of the C language. This is different.
-
- C has a vast weakness in that there is *no* real specification of how programs
- work if they are in separate files. It has a vast strength in that you can
- improve on the method used at will, without conflicts.
-
- -s
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