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Re: Readable Perl (was: Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C)

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From: Travis Hassloch x231
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 01:20
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In article <4gtesf$1a5@services.xionics.com>,
William Ware <wware@xionics.com> wrote:
>It's a curious thing to me that people
>should develop such intense passions and then be unwilling to
>share their enthusiasm, perhaps only because the listener hasn't
>jumped thru the same hoops they did. Just fascinating.

That's very interesting.  My guess is that they figured you were
playing "Devil's Advocate" and forcing them to justify their
position, and were probably mature enough they didn't take the flame
bait.

There are plenty of people who seem to have nothing better to do
than push your buttons and waste your time.

Or, _unlike_ me right now, maybe they had Real Work to do. :)

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From: travis@evtech.com (Travis Hassloch x231)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java
Subject: Re: Readable Perl (was: Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C)
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Date: 1 Mar 1996 01:20:16 GMT
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