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| Date | 2023-08-04 11:05 -0700 |
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| Subject | Re: how many lines you coded? |
| From | Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> |
On Friday, 4 August 2023 at 18:58:08 UTC+1, a...@littlepinkcloud.invalid wrote: > Malcolm McLean <malcolm.ar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > [Edsger] Dijkstra was a notorious leftie. He was also a very clever > > man, and of course he right that trying to measure programming > > productivity by counting lines written is idiotic. > That comment about Dijkstra being a leftie, and even notorious for it, > really struck me. I've been intermittently reading Dijkstra's work for > decades, and I've never come across anything particularly left wing. > Have you got any references for that? > > Thanks, > You haven't been around long enough to remember Edward Nilges. He's now sadly deceased (he reconciled with the Church before death so is now almost certainly in heaven). Nilges was very fond of quoting Dijkstra in support of his views.
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how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 10:29 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-07-23 18:44 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 11:12 -0700
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Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 11:51 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 21:18 +0200
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 05:10 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 05:19 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 13:45 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 05:51 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 06:44 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 15:36 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 07:40 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 07:29 -0700
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Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 02:34 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-07-23 20:48 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 13:29 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-07-24 09:02 +0200
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 00:27 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 00:35 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 00:45 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 01:18 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 01:19 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-07-24 11:21 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-07-24 20:01 +0200
Re: how many lines you coded? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-07-24 18:20 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-07-24 20:49 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 13:13 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-24 13:22 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 08:51 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 09:16 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-07-25 18:48 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 11:13 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 11:26 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 11:34 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 11:46 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 12:02 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-07-25 22:14 +0100
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 14:35 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 15:31 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 12:42 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 20:36 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 01:44 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.jmcunx.com> - 2023-07-25 20:26 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 14:52 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-26 08:04 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-27 01:16 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-30 21:38 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-07-28 19:53 -0500
Re: how many lines you coded? Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-30 21:40 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-07-31 14:54 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 23:22 -0500
Re: how many lines you coded? aph@littlepinkcloud.invalid - 2023-07-31 09:29 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:10 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:16 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:36 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 07:00 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:27 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:41 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:51 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 05:59 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? aph@littlepinkcloud.invalid - 2023-08-04 17:57 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-04 11:05 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-04 19:03 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-08-04 12:24 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-04 19:27 +0000
Was Dijkstra a "lefty" ? (Was: how many lines you coded?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-04 19:26 +0000
Re: Was Dijkstra a "lefty" ? (Was: how many lines you coded?) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-04 13:54 -0700
Re: how many lines you coded? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-08-04 19:47 -0700
Again, OT is OT! (Was: how many lines you coded?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-08-05 03:51 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-05 03:39 -0700
[OT, Sorry] Re: how many lines you coded? aph@littlepinkcloud.invalid - 2023-08-05 03:02 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-04 19:41 +0000
Re: how many lines you coded? jak <nospam@please.ty> - 2023-08-01 18:09 +0200
Re: how many lines you coded? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-01 10:17 -0700
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