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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.object
- Subject: Re: A Pre-Release FAQ
- Message-ID: <PCG.93Jan1182452@decb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 18:24:52 GMT
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- Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
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- In-Reply-To: jcrw@fmg.bt.co.uk's message of 30 Dec 92 11: 09:04 GMT
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- On 30 Dec 92 11:09:04 GMT, jcrw@fmg.bt.co.uk (Jeremy Wilson) said:
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- jcrw> Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
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- pcg> On 29 Dec 92 04:23:55 GMT, objsys@netcom.com (Bob Hathaway) said:
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- pcg> A point of order too: a FAQ should not be about the FAQ author's
- pcg> opinions; the FAQ should only be a list of facts: ... "D";
- pcg> Cardelli and Wegner in their poorly edited article say "E" on page
- pcg> P and then "F" on page Q;' and so on.
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- jcrw> HHMM!! Sounds like an opinion to me ! But then that's just my
- jcrw> opinion!!
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- I was also making the point that the *editor* of a FAQ has _some_
- privilege for his efforts, like putting *his* opinions alongside those
- of established authorities, and they are identified as such. :-)
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- jcrw> Still I agree that saying that an object is a variable is not very
- jcrw> helpful.
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- I see you are very english, I am just a loud wop. :-)
- --
- Piercarlo Grandi, Dept of CS, PC/UW@Aberystwyth <pcg@aber.ac.uk>
- E l'italiano cantava, cantava. E le sue disperate invocazioni giunsero
- alle orecchie del suo divino protettore, il dio della barzelletta
-