Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: on Perl Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:16:53 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: <20240418101653.00001aa4@gmail.com> References: <20240408075547.000061e8@gmail.com> <20240415152951.000079ab@gmail.com> <20240416084923.00005c8a@gmail.com> <20240416085912.00001a9b@gmail.com> <20240416091813.00003dd8@gmail.com> <20240417075943.00006cb4@gmail.com> <20240417095512.00007ccc@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:16:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d58852c511418b103211b70d7cc984d4"; logging-data="2488895"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rt+DjxGOUAf2BEnHArkqWh7uG6zj67v4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q9oUEgk5iR5wi1kculAgl8R+UZA= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.unix.shell:25147 comp.unix.programmer:15878 comp.lang.misc:10534 On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:33:14 -0000 (UTC) Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote: > There are plenty of fields I haven't worked in that I would also > consider serious eg agriculture, automotive, energy. > > Games arn't on that list. Very well, then! That leaves us with the larger questions: * By what logic do you argue that a language which is commonly used in fields which are (by your own admission) "pretty big" but (in your assessment) not "serious" is therefore "pretty irrelevant in most language discussions?" * What about all of the other non-game applications people have cited? Are none of these "serious" by your standards? > I simply descended to the level that the argument had been brought to > so don't complain. On the contrary, you've been the one dragging it down from the start; the first to name-call, the first to accuse someone of being a sock- puppet, the first to mock other people for having specialties you don't consider "serious" - and, for that matter, the person who started this off by talking pointless smack, as if anybody in comp.lang.misc cares whether a language is considered "relevant" or "serious." > >Muttley: "Also you're a poopiehead." > > Are you expecting to be taken seriously? Were *you,* when you decided to start throwing around terms like "aspie?" (2009 called, they want their insult back.)