On Tue, 2014-03-04 at 10:27 -0800, H. S. Teoh wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 06:19:38PM +0000, Chris wrote: […] > > True, true. The fact that the compiler can check for the right types > > is great. > > > > Btw, the quote you have in this post: > > > > Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by > > incompetence. -- Napoleon Bonaparte > > > > I'm surprised that Napoleon would say something like this. Malice is > > often a characteristic of the incompetent. The only way to get the > > better of their betters. :-) > > I'm not sure if that attribution is accurate. Nick has pointed out to me > that he knows the same quote attributed to someone else, so this may be > a case of internet misattribution (I picked up that quote from somewhere > online, way back when -- no idea if the source was reliable, y'know, > being the internet and everything).
I present you the following, which between then give a good account of the whole situation. Sort of. Possibly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Hanlon_s_razor.html http://blog.writch.com/2009/04/hanlons-razor-which-i-knew-as-heinleins-razor.html -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder