Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: alternatives to eval Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:37:17 +0100 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <1862104.dX8GrbB7Az@PointedEars.de> References: <9603e9d2-1496-4971-9bbe-e4f08e713310@googlegroups.com> <87lhn4l98f.fsf@gmail.com> <3996999.YXeMcZZdP2@PointedEars.de> <1860783.Je46QbmYse@PointedEars.de> <7164035.YCiF1XGJlO@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1417081040 5258 eJwVyskRwDAIBLCWuBZoh2Bv/yV4orfgqbkViQwQXF5FnM8KY+7WaMrkaQn+sxO7aCvq4Eo8FogQow== (27 Nov 2014 09:37:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:37:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwFwQcBwEAIBDBLzzEKcpj+JTRRNrL+xNRETy+bMaFZ18eDl6bBvOUp61Z3AXD3TkUtehYio0WOcnqLH4RlFqY= Cancel-Lock: sha1:uqI//D0Jg1jOd3XwzERXCu8Syi4= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwYEBgDAIA7CXcIUC58C0/59gEuDDm86gh0I2u8WrrW7FW3B8JbcAZ/ucsTxWZOcKCf0fAxC2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:26218 Evertjan. wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn […] wrote: >> Evertjan. wrote: >>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >>>> Please refrain from making guesses until you can make educated ones. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> TIA. >>> Guessing is an important part of education, I guess. >> Guess again. > > Don't be so patronizing, Patronizing? Either your irony detector or your English dictionary is b0rked. But if you insist to keep this serious: No, guesswork, whether understood as blind guessing or unfounded estimation, is _not_ an important part of education because such approach based on them can only lead to half-knowledge (incidentally, this is most obvious with students of ECMAScript-based programming languages who are frequently overconfident because of seeming early successes even without a solid theoretical foundation). One must differentiate between guesswork and informed estimation and (scientific) inquiry, whereas the latter two are based on *previous* knowledge. Hence the distinction between guesses and “*educated* guesses”. > your knowledge does not include much selfknowledge. Now *that* is patronizing. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.