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From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: This one bit me today
Message-ID: <239@bbxsda.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 15:17:53 GMT
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Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Organization: Basis International,  Albuquerque, NM
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In article <2795@phred.UUCP> brianr@phred.UUCP (Brian Reese) writes:
>In article <218@bbxsda.UUCP> scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes:
>>Becausesomepeoplefeelthatitistheirrighttotypeprogramsanywaytheywantand
>>iftheydonotwanttousespacesthentheCcompilershouldunderstandthat.Afterall
>>iftheprogramdoesnotworkthenitmustbethefaultofpoorlanguagedesign.
>>-- 
>
>Oh, Scott.  Do you really feel that "After all if the program does not work
>then it must be the fault of poor language design."?  Come on.  What ever
>happened to accountability?

Whatever happened to sarcasm?  I thought my posting was obviously sarcastic.
Sorry.  (smileys next time)

I agree totally.  As a developer of a business language we get calls all
of the time from people who can't seem to get their program working
and, of course, it's entriely our fault! <- sarcasm.  Nobody knows more
than I how ridiculous that argument is.

-- 
Scott Amspoker
Basis International, Albuquerque, NM
(505) 345-5232
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