At 16:25 -0400 2001.08.26, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 04:17:16PM -0400, Chris Nandor wrote:
>|
>| While I agree with the first sentence, I don't agree with the second,
>| necessarily. First, there is no MacOS::, it is Mac::. ;-) Secondly and
>| far more importantly, traditionally, all modules in Mac:: and Win32:: and
>| VMS:: have been modules that are meant for use on that specific platform.
>
>Oh, well in that case it *should* be MacOS, not Mac, since (as
>understand it) Mac is the hardware. But that's a whole nother issue.
Actually, the hardware is not Mac, really. I mean, sorta, but not really.
Apple likes to call the whole machine "Macintosh", but there are clones
that run Mac OS too. Most of what makes Mac hardware Mac hardware is in
software these days (the ROM has been moved to software).
Most people think of "Mac" as just being a generic way to talk about
Macintoshes, hardware or software.
>| I am not opposed to putting it in Mac (Mac::FileSpec::Unixish runs on any
>| platform), but there might be a better place for it, if we have one for
>| doing such file reading. I can't think of one offhand.
>
>I don't know of any better place, but Data:: sure isn't it.
Agreed.
>| >Is there
>| >anything else I need to do or need to know?
>|
>| Realize that most of us don't read most of the emails that come through
>| here (I think). I think the general rationale is that given enough list
>| members, each of the important mails will get read by *someone*. *grin* I
>| only read what I can, when I can, if I have something to contribute.
>
>So most things get read, but only those that someone feels strongly about
>get replied to?
That seems to be the case.
>Having just come from "out there", it seems to me that the "silence
>is assent" technique is a bit too fuzzy.
Yep.
I am not saying it is a great way to do it (and I wouldn't mind a better
system); but part of the problem of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is that most of the
people who can be on the list (that know enough about the issues involved,
etc.) are (not merely conincidentally) also very busy people in general. :)
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