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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 09:39:32 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Message-ID: <4imrgkINNpce@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
- References: <1995Jul3.034108.4193@rcmcon.com> <4id7re$2k5@news4.digex.net> <RMARTIN.96Mar18102310@rcm.oma.com> <314e62eb.28817892@nntp.ix.netcom.com>
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- In article <314e62eb.28817892@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
- Leo Bellew <bellew@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >Maybe this was just a joke on Bertrand's part. I certainly thought so.
- >I mean, who would not hire someone who can get something done. :-)
-
- It must have been. I was a little harsh in my criticism of it earlier. It
- depends on the context.
-
- Still, I find it hard to imagine how the paragraph can fit into a professional
- paper. Unless you expect to be ``preaching to the converted'', alienating your
- audience with insults is not a good way to promote your new programming
- language.
-
- I take to the writing style of Donald Knuth. Polished, polite, elegant,
- witty...
-
- It still knocks me out the way The TeXBook begins with "Gentle Reader, ...".
-
- Usenet flames are one thing, and professional writing that is to stand the
- tests of time is another.
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