From: serialhex Date: 2011-04-14T04:41:40+09:00 Subject: Re: functional paradigm taking over --001636416cff43af7504a0d1ffc9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP THE FSCKING FLAME WAR!!!! THIS OT POST HAS BECOME OT FOR ITSELF!!!! (recursively OT??) i'm sure we all understand that a decently powerful spreadsheet program can do interesting things. i've heard of people using them as databases & running a companies banking in excel. but that is not the point. the point is that - like any other flame war - this argument is going to get EVERYONE NOWHERE! so if you all would please: STOP THIS MADNESS BEFORE YOU BREAK OPEN A RIFT AND RELEASE CTHULHU FROM HIS WATERY PRISON AND HE DEVOURS US ALL!!!!!! thank you for your time and attention... hex On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 01:18:58AM +0900, Kevin wrote: > > No a jargon or slang does not put aside the language it exists inside > > of. To try and argue this is ridiculous, the definitions used within > > the standard language do not become invalid just because you speak to a > > specific group. Now you accuse me of moving the goal posts because I > > utilize standard as opposed to nonstandard meanings of terminology to > > point out that one may feel free to call any program a language? A > > jargon only supersedes the standard usage of a term when it is no > > longer specific to a single group, at which point it stops being a > > jargon. > > In short . . . yes, you're saying that driving a nail is the same as > driving a car. When I ask "Can you drive?" and you say "Yes," thinking > you know how to pound nails into wood, you think I should loan you my > car. > > You give a whole new meaning to the comment that when all you have is a > hammer, everything looks like a nail. I am not, however, inclined to let > you pound the crap out of my car with a hammer. > > By the way . . . the way you want to use "programming language" is > definitely the nonstandard usage in this context. Context matters. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > --001636416cff43af7504a0d1ffc9--