Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.ecp.fr!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Metrics on stack usage Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:39:47 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <541855C0.2558D27D@bytecraft.com> <2014Sep29.154247@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <-Y2dnV2LFsciQLTJnZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@supernews.com> <4ad0e157-349c-4752-ba20-50e6c856cc0b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:34004 On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:11:33 -0400, wrote: > In the handgun world, there is the debate between the 9mm and the > .45-ACP. These arguments are > pointless. If a person has invested $600-$1200 on his handgun, how > likely is it that he is going to admit that he made a mistake and bought > the wrong kind? Also, both of them do the job perfectly well, and there > is no scientific way to compare them (nobody is volunteering to be on > the receiving end of either). Wrong. The .45-ACP was proven more effective by U.S. military tests. The .45-ACP and 9mm along with other common rounds were tested on human cadavers, live steers, and live horses by the U.S. military in 1904. The British also fired into human cadavers and live animals during their ammo tests in the 1920's. The .45-ACP and other rounds (not including 9mm) was tested on human cadavers and live pigs by the U.S. military in 1928, with and without body armor on each. > Posting messages on the internet arguing > about which is better, is just a waste of bytes ------ bytes that > could have been used to hold actual information. Ironic. Mr. Rant himself says other people are wasting bytes ... Personally, I find it quite funny that "rickman" and Bernd are in a discussion together. Rod Pemberton