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- From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: unpostable sex48pos
- Message-ID: <23312F@erik.naggum.no>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 22:13:47 GMT
- References: <9208171437.AA03964@is1.vub.ac.be> <1992Aug19.121407.2793@ryn.mro4. <2a9283af.1591.9comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
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- william j. levenson <akcs.levenson@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> writes:
- |
- :
- | How about something constructive, Erik?
-
- I have so far only contributed to discussions on international standards
- (POSIX, SGML, character sets), the C programming language, human factors
- problems, programming in general, and sundry other topics. However, I'm
- about as well known for my flames as for my technical expertise. I
- don't post software or reply to technical questions when I don't know
- that the software or the answer is correct or have the slightest reason
- to want to go check things out in the authoritative references. I get
- really pissed off when people post answers which they must know are
- nth-hand rumors or wild guesses, or when they display clear and
- unambiguous cluelessness and mislead the questioners, and then I let
- them know, if the damage is big enough. In this case, it's moronic to
- release software which is not even able to detect whether its input is
- valid or not. Maybe the author has had some fun with it, but it's not
- ready for release. Maybe this attitude comes from making a living as a
- consultant who rushes in to fix up other programmer's crappy software
- when an organization goes to hell for relying on it.
-
- I appreciate quality wherever I see it, and I have, indeed, let the
- authors know that, too. It's just that people get all worked up when I
- slaughter the bad things.
-
- That I'm not the only one who has had such dramatic problems with Mr.
- Vieweg's programs speak for itself.
-
- Best regards,
- </Erik>
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