Date: 09 Nov 1998 15:17:44 +0100 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav" <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, mike@seidata.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Eek" Message-ID: <xzpzpa17xx3.fsf@sida.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Eivind Eklund's message of "Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:12:06 %2B0100" References: <xzp67csmp9u.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <199811090433.VAA14242@usr07.primenet.com> <19981109151206.03721@follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> writes: > On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 04:33:02AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > "If the only tool you have is PERL, everything looks like a thumb..." > This is a misquotation (though you may be aware of it, it is not > certain the readers are.) The correct quotation is 'If your tool is > C++, then everything looks like a thumb." I unfortunately don't > remember the original author, and have lost my quotes collection that > that was in :-( The one I originally referred to is "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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