Lüko, > Hello everybody,
> on Freitag, 19. Juli 2019 at 16:10 Gleason <sombr...@mm.st> wrote > re ...working on version 9 — will essential changes be implemented? > (was: The Bat! v8.8.9 MSI (3rd attempt)) > >>> this universally accepted quoting is what I don't want to loose. >>> A quote is a QUOTE, not a table. >> I guess I don't think it matters what it is called. > You speak like the people on this job interview which the great > Argentinian cartoonist recorded in 9 images, each with a recruiter's > question (marked ¿>) and an applicant's response (marked <), plus a tenth > image showing the result: In this case, the important thing is that the system works, not what it is called. But ok, I will grant the distinction. What about the rest of my reply? > ¿> Name? > < March 19, 1924 > ¿> Address? > < male > ¿> Place of birth? > < married > ¿> highest degree in education? > < 79, Main Street, 2nd floor > ¿> sex? > < High School > ¿> profession? >> Peter Fireman > ¿> marital status? > < three thousand six hundred and twentyfour > ¿> nationality? > < pertussis in the age of 4, measles at 7 > ¿> Good. That's enough. You can start working tomorrow. > > The 10th image shows the applicant sitting at a desk marked "Information". > > You see, it doesn't matter what you say, it works. > > You tell me "Pay the bill I sent you", and I will think "OK, he > says that I should pay the bill, but as usual he means something > completely different, probably that I should instead go out and walk my dog. > > Why bother about language? > > Why use ADD in programming an addition, when you can write > SUBTRACT? Who cares, when Gleason does not care? > > > > Cheers, > Lüko Willms > Frankfurt am Main > Germany > using: TheBat! 8.8.2.8 (BETA) > OS: Windows 7 (NT 6.1 Build 7601 - Service Pack 1) > CPU: AMD amd athlon(tm) 64 x2 dual core processor 4200+ > MEM: 4097 MB -- Gleason ________________________________________________________ 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
