From: stef Date: 2006-11-21T00:20:11+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++ On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:20:29 -0800, Paul Lutus wrote: > stef wrote: > > / ... > >>> If this seems anal, remember that computers are unashamedly anal, fully >>> ten times worse than a human OCD sufferer. >>> >> >> well that's really helpful........ > > I thought you would find it useful, in your valiant efforts to gain greater > literacy and achieve clearer communications with your fellow man. :) > My literacy is just fine, thank you very much. For the sake of speed, I use shortcuts. I realize you are a programmer but contrary to the machines you program, which interpret code literally, you hopefully have the power to INTERPRET, as opposed to a chip. Surely, you can make out that "u" = "you", etc....