From: "James Giles" Subject: Re: Fortran Myths & Disinformation Wanted Date: 1999/02/08 Message-ID: <79nn64$7tn@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 442143922 References: <36B9B8FF.4E34BF22@mixcom.com> <36BA1282.41EA5CB3@earthlink.net> <87679g96ye.fsf@bglbv.my-dejanews.com> <36BC008F.6CF45630@earthlink.net> <79ieht$nep@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <36BD50DE.91668508@earthlink.net> <79kvni$il5@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <36BEADFE.FAB46BAE@earthlink.net> <79mfc2$nle@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <36BF40DD.29B774E9@earthlink.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Martin Ambuhl wrote in message <36BF40DD.29B77...@earthlink.net>... ... >Very good. When I say that you have obviously no familiarity with truth >or with the standards of discourse, I mean no insult and post none. You would also be wrong. I know enough about truth and the standards of discourse to know that indignation is not evidence. You have twice tried to bluff you way through without addressing the *content* of my position by just venting your indignaton. ... >Since your statement "that you have not paid any attention to language >design issues" has less correspondence to fact, shows less familiarity >with the addressed subject, and less research than do any of the cited >myths about Fortran, it is clear that your standard for assertions finds >nothing objectionable about any of the myths about Fortran. The more you protest, the more convinced I am. If you had any background which involved any knowledge of the ergonomics of languages, you'd have mentioned it by now. The fact that you haven't indicates that you don't have such background. You could claim that ergonomics has nothing to do with the subject of language design. If you did that most would disagree, but at least you'd have a consistent position to defend. But to merely restate that I'm wrong is not a valid argument. Why don't you just admit it? You are an implementor and systems programmer and any ideas you have about language design are merely based upon your own tastes rather than on any study of ergonomics or wide experience with large numbers of other programmers. There's no stigma attached to that. Most people have made no effort to study the ergomomic issues of programming. -- J. Giles