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Re: Tedious if you're not the Graying Wizard

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Sunday, May 6, 2001, 10:16
> From: David Peterson > > In a message dated 5/5/01 1:15:21 PM, dbell@GRAYWIZARD.NET writes: > > << No, nor do I have any reason to believe that Fermat was lying > either. I > think you missed the point.>> > > Gee, reading through this one might think you were six, not > sixty. How > come only I get yelled at when I'm a jerk? Oh well. Going > through all your > "comments".
Now isn't this precious? Ad hominem, doesn't that always guarantee to prove your point! As your post literally ended in mid-sentence, I have no idea whether you read through to the end of mine to find my "disclaimer". I'll repeat it here in case you missed it.
> Of course, all of the above was written with my tongue firmly > imbedded in my cheek. In fact, I rather enjoyed reading David's > IAL _sketch_. It's quite interesting. But, I maintain that it > is no more a language than the CliffsNotes for "War and Peace" is > a novel. It is, however, a great start. Maybe by the time > David's sister is old enough to appreciate it, it actually will > be a language.
I intentionally created my own parody of a sketch in order to poke fun at it because I had no substantive criticisms of your sketch. I thought yours was quite good and I said as much. My point was that any such sketch will inevitably have too many holes in it to qualify as a language. (I did find it curious that you felt compelled to fill the holes in MY sketch. Curious indeed). Somewhere along the line I managed to inadvertently bruise you ego and for that I apologize. But the tone of your last response was a clear indication that this discussion is at an end. Let's move along. David