🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <gperkinsDn634w.MMC@netcom.com>,
Glen C. Perkins <gperkins@netcom.com> wrote:
>fsg@news.eden.com (Felix Sebastian Gallo) writes:
>
>>For you, your job may require Sather or Lisp or C++ or even Java.
>>For me, my job definitely requires Perl and little but.  Let's
>>not preach to the damned or the converted, it's of absolutely no
>>utility.
>
>I strongly disagree. It has a great deal of utility. It was
>by listening (reading) in on these little language wars that
>I was introduced to Perl in the first place. If I hear (read)
>something that catches my attention, see something that
>looks as though it might be a useful tool for a particular
>problem, or just hear enough testimonials from lovers of
>a particular language, it often inspires me to go check it
>out.
>
>I *love* to hear (read) two people who really know a lot
>about a language, but have different
>opinions, fight it out. The result has been a significant
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RFD:  comp.lang.meta-advocacy:  a mud pit for those who
{believe/do not believe} that language wars illuminate/
entertain/produce/...  Typical discussion questions will
include:
1.  When ML people implement SGML processors,
    how many virgins must be sacrificed?
2.  Is LISP just a dialect of FORTH?
3.  Is it obligatory to rot13 SNOBOL puns?

No, wait; let's argue about whether it's permitted to
issue edicts about who gets to decide where to promul-
gate rules about who says which lang...

My vote:  I like passionate intelligence.  I've learned
plenty about Sather and Perl and J and ... from
comp.lang.misc.  Follow-ups trimmed.
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