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Re: the true literal

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On 11/22/2013 01:33 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 11/22/2013 11:07 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> On 11/22/2013 09:37 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>      To me, this seems a good example of a "difference that makes
>>> no difference" -- but a hair-splitting literal-ist (sorry) might
>>> find a difference just so he can feel smug about it.
>> [...]
>> In general discussion, including usenet, a hair-splitting literal-ist
>> (ok?) stance can be taken, and motivated by smug. Specification writers,
>> compiler writers, general purpose program writers,and others might
>> have other motivations. I'm certain that Stefan Ram was not seeking an
>> answer to his question in preparation to take a smug stance in some
>> discussion. My motivation to respond to Stefan's question was not smug,
>> even if it appeared hair-splitting and literalist. Other respondents
>> have not come off as smug to me. The (online) Free Dictionary has
>> literalist as a noun and literalistic as an adjective.
>
>      Jeff, I intended to apply the word "smug" to the writers
> of the JLS, not to you nor to Stefan nor to anyone else in
> this thread.

If I were in a cafe eating and drinking with a group that included
writers of the JLS I would tolerate a smug attitude up to a point.
The JLS is a fine specification as specifications go.

> If my post came across as insulting, I humbly
> crave pardon; I should know by now that Usenet does not always
> convey nuance well, and should not have expected that wryness
> would come across as such.
>

I appreciate the wryness, and other fine qualities of your posts
to this group. I hate smug posts, and try hard (perhaps not always
successfully) not to produce one. A lot of coffee this AM, may be
time for a sandwich an a more soothing beverage.

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Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:23 -0500
  Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:54 -0500
  Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 07:55 -0500
  Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 09:37 -0500
    Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:07 -0500
      Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:53 -0500
        Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:11 -0500
          Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:24 -0500
            Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:37 -0500
      Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:08 -0500
      Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:33 -0500
        Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 14:39 -0500
          Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:38 -0500
            [OT] Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:59 -0500
            Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 16:27 +0000
              Re: the true literal Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-11-23 21:24 +0100
                Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 21:23 +0000
                Re: the true literal Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 13:51 -0800

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