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From: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: gripe (was Re: What is Objective C?)
Message-ID: <1945@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 3 Sep 90 07:08:39 GMT
References: <3864@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <2700002@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> <11241@alice.UUCP> <401@eiffel.UUCP>
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In article <401@eiffel.UUCP> bertrand@eiffel.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer) writes:

>	It is always surprising to see so many people confusing
>programming languages and their implementations.

Why?  After a while it should stop being surprising.  ;-/
There are even professionals in the field who confuse a programming
language with the editor(s) that are marketed for editing programs in
the language.  :-(

>	Why is that so? There is nothing tricky or difficult in the
>distinction. Just common sense.

Common sense is not as common as you think it is.
[not an original quotation]

-- 
Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC       diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com
We steer like a sports car:  I use opinions; the company uses the rack.