Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.programming,alt.comp.freeware,alt.conspiracy,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general Subject: Re: Self-driving Uber kills Arizona woman in first fatal crash involving pedestrian Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:10:27 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4cbBzp8jyVsaFwkP@255soft.uk> References: <95SrC.76152$6O6.33572@fx07.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bec4e691af0fcefc2b6eb6efe27fd670"; logging-data="18498"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HQKK6gsEERnK9cG4noySo" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<$2nDLoR38kCB6BEggBYACQtxQl>) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LCVluVio2O3E/Grylvx0U8FfGIs= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:128117 comp.programming:8506 alt.comp.freeware:296657 alt.conspiracy:301324 alt.comp.os.windows-10:62965 In message , Gene Wirchenko writes: >On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:20:14 -0000, Unsteadyken > wrote: [] >>If this is the "First fatal crash to involve a pedestrian", then the >>implication is that there have been one or more fatal crashes that did >>not involve pedestrians. > > There is no such implication. It is simply a limited statement >that does not state anything outside the limited area. [] Looking at this purely as a use of English matter, there _is_ such an implication; if there wasn't, the words "to involve a pedestrian" would be omitted. Their presence implies what Unsteadyken says they do. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Bother,"saidPoohwhenhisspacebarrefusedtowork.