"I fear the Greeks and when bearing gifts." On 20/05/2021 04:34, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2021 02:50:02 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: > >> Again and with all due respect, progress is made not by blunting the >> tool but by sharpening the user. >> >> "IF/THEN" does not handle all boolean AND/OR/NAND/XOR and >> steps-not-executed conditions. >> > Example? In particular, something that can be done with "COND=" > but not "IF/THEN". > >> Let not those who cannot master playing the violin demand that the >> violin be made more easy, but let them try playing the banjo instead. >> > Earl Scruggs might have taken offense at that. > > Do you regard the invention of the automatic transmission a mistake? > I assume you don't own one. > > Abacus vs. calculator vs. computer? > > Luddite. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > . >
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