Date: 06 Aug 1999 09:50:12 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, Travis Cole <tcole@balsam.methow.com>, Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <xzp4sidqrez.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Tim Vanderhoek's message of "Thu, 5 Aug 1999 20:05:40 -0400" References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990804135725.67152B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu> <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu> <19990805145834.B46486@norn.ca.eu.org> <19990805200540.D58583@mad>
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Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> writes: > No, and to the person who responded to this, no, the argument that > "readers of -chat are non-representative of younger people" does not > apply. All of this younger people can't type bullshit is mostly a > bunch of phogies trying to feel good about themselves. They should > stick to stories about being forced to program their Altairs through > toggle switches and how we have it so good these days with structured > languages. Interesting tidbit: CS Prof. Ole Johan Dahl (68), co-author of Simula (and thus co-inventor of OOP), formal methods buff, program correctness whiz, and logician extraordinaire, can't type. He uses what we call the Eagle Technique: circle around at high altitude until you spot your prey, then dive, take it by surprise, and climb back up before it can wiggle out of your grasp. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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