[Gllug] Shell

[Chris Ball]

Hi, Harry.  Thanks for the mail.

>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Jackson <HJackson at colt-telecom.com> writes:

    >> [deletia: quotes]
    Harry> I have read and read and read and read the above quote and
    Harry> cannot find the word "broken" in it. Where you reading
    Harry> between the lines because I missed it.

I was ranting and generalising experiences, and didn't mean to make it
sound so personal.  Reading again in daylight makes me realise that it
was written so; apologies for that.

    Harry> Why do some people take offence at something like this. 

It's a great annoyance of mine.  There's such a chain of insult going on
between people who just haven't learnt a language or a model - Perl
programmers, for example, tend to insult Python coders and the language
without knowing more than some vague misconceptions of Python's design
ideas.  Those who _do_ try Python usually end up having an extra tool to
their belt, or even abandoning Perl for it.  I think my point is that
jumping on the bandwagon of something being a 'bad' language without
looking into it stinks of badly-rationalised ignorance.  But I realise
that you didn't do that at all.

    Harry> to insinuate that I am dumb because I have a different
    Harry> opinion to you was a bit of a silly thing to say on your
    Harry> part.

Yes, you're right.  I should write less rants at 2am, methinks.

    Harry> I know Perl is a great language I am not entirely daft and I
    Harry> would love to learn it but next time someone thinks a little
    Harry> different than you count to ten and read it again.

Will do.

    Harry> And I did like your timer.

Many thanks.  :-)

- Chris.
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