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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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bugbear wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> On 05/18/2011 04:38 AM, bugbear wrote:
>>> Lew wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joe, if you want to discuss this with people who will take your 
>>>> question
>>>> seriously, please feel free to do so. I apologize that I do not know 
>>>> how
>>>> to answer your question, but I support your right to ask it. At least
>>>> among us practical-minded folk.
>>>>
>>>
>>> One might wonder why the comp hierarchy is split at all, following
>>> your "logic"
>>
>> I guess that depends on one's commitment to helping fellow programmers.
>> I believe if you don't want to answer the OP in this thread, that you're
>> being insufficiently helpful. Shame on you if true, because that means
>> you want to enforce some petty and arbitrary limit rather than help.
> 
> The notion that having a hierachy as opposed to a dustbin
> on USENET is petty and arbitrary is merely your assertion, and one
> with which I wholeheartedly disgaree.
> 
>   BugBear
One is reminded of an Englishman's response to the restoration of the 
Crown..'Any Rule is better than no Rule at all.