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  2. From: tad1@cornell.edu (Tom Dimock)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
  4. Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Wicked ...
  5. Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 08:38:09 -0500
  6. Organization: Cornell University
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  13. In article <4jcdk4$t7m@gaia.ns.utk.edu>, kennel@msr.epm.ornl.gov wrote:
  14.  
  15. > I think choosing computer languages is not in the slightest
  16. > like choosing a best "human" language as that implies making
  17. > impossible 'objective' judgements of culture and people. 
  18. > 
  19. > Choosing computer languages is like choosing vaccum pumps.
  20.  
  21. Too true. With either, we're looking for which one sucks best!!
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