Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!unizh!fuchs From: fuchs@unizh.UUCP (fuchs) Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog Subject: Re: Escalation Message-ID: <264@unizh.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 14:29:57 GMT References: <639@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Reply-To: fuchs@gorgo.UUCP () Organization: Inst. fuer Informatik, Univ. Zuerich, Switzerland Lines: 28 In article fritz@hpfclp.UUCP writes: >My opinion: > > 1. RAO'K has a communication style which is sometimes a bit inflammatory. > 2. He also has some extremely valid things to say about programming in > Prolog. > 3. He frequently manages to convey his pearls in extremely erudite, > eloquent prose which is a pleasure to read. > 4. As far as I can tell, he is amazingly sincere about his crusade, and > astonishingly open-minded to the possibility that he may be wrong. > His calls for an objectively better way of programming are laudable. > 5. I would hate to see his contributions curtailed because of some > ruffled feathers and apprehensive superiors. > >{Richard, Mr., Dr.} O'Keefe (what does one call you when not being freezingly >polite, anyway? :-) has contributed to my knowledge and understanding of >Prolog, and I hope he is permitted to continue without undue restrictions. > >Gary Fritz I fully support Gary Fritz. I have immensely profited from O'Keefe's contributions and would miss them. He - and Lagache - are doing the Prolog community a great service. --- nef