From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-08-02T23:17:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby could be wildly more popular if it had ...

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 05:09:39 +0900, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> Saluton!
> 
> 
> * Marko Schulz; 2003-08-01, 12:37 UTC:
>> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:48:54PM +0900, Martin DeMello wrote:
>>> The ternary operator is *useful*, as evidenced by the fact that
>>> people use it when equivalents exist.
>> Violence is *useful*, as evidenced by the fact that people use it when
>> equivalents exist. ???
> Correct. The question is if being useful makes it acceptable. Some people
> believe that a goal can justify any means while others believe that this
> is not true.
> 
> I am pretty sure that there is an equivalent of German 'Der Zweck heiligt
> die Mittel' in many languages...

"The End Justifies the Means", in English.

I disagree with it, believing that the means can corrupt the end.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.08.02
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