On 4/21/05, Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim.Hyslop wrote: > > Stephen Carville wrote: > > > >>Jim.Hyslop wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the > >> > >>other way around. > >> > >>Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel > >>when everyone already knew how to use reins. > > > > O_I_see.You_are_suggesting_that_we_should_eliminate_spaces_in_every_day_use, > > is-that-it? > > > > No. I am reminding you that new tools sometimes require learning new ways.
Except that steering wheels are an improvement over reins when it comes to controlling automobiles. Removing spaces, IMHO, can hardly be classed as an improvement over using them. Just because spaces give programmers grief doesn't mean we shouldn't support using them. If we balked at all problems that were difficult, we wouldn't be programmers would we? > > -- > Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unix and Network Admin > Nationwide Totalflood > 6033 W. Century Blvd > Los Angeles, CA 90045 > 310-342-3602 > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > Info-cvs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > -- It is better to seem a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Anon. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
