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From: jlg@lambda.UUCP (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: JLG's flogging of horses
Message-ID: <14331@lambda.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 05:33:22 GMT
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From article <7376:Apr1102:35:5590@stealth.acf.nyu.edu>, by brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu:
> [...]
> Hmmm. I find myself caring about portability most of the time, simply
> because I skip around between machines a lot. Does this make me a
> ``politically correct member of the elite CS fraternity?'' I hope not.

No. The sophisticated user uses the tool of the language to meet his
particular needs.  If his need is for portability, he uses the tools
differently than if his needs are for speed.  The original claim in
this thread was that sophisticated users _never_ use non-portable
features - which is a load of ....

J. Giles