Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: JLG's flogging of horses (was Re: Relationship between C and C++) Message-ID: <_=U28Y8xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 11 Apr 90 14:27:36 GMT References: <14329@lambda.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 8 In article <14329@lambda.UUCP> jlg@lambda.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes: > However, to pretend that sophisticated users _don't_ ever do this last > step is silly. Perhaps _most_ of the programmer-time spent on large > scientific code consists of this last category. But, Jim, the term "sophisticated users" doesn't necessarily imply "large scientific code". Don't mistake the needs of your corner of the world with everyone else's. -- _--_|\ `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ 'U` \_.--._/ v