From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$) Date: 2000/07/02 Message-ID: <3171564945173966@naggum.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 641619133 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <57D01C66CBEFE28E.0140FBE2F42B8951.48F3FDB0A810D9E0@lp.airnews.net> <58rolsg17q7154fdf6dq5l038rbbnl10jt@4ax.com> <3171354053463029@naggum.no> <3171366678290484@naggum.no> <395C9ACA.5272174C@thecia.net> <3171460328438767@naggum.net> <3171498017446243@naggum.net> <395EC8C0.BF0F9D8C@cup.hp.com> <3171546824561484@naggum.net> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 962576169 4392 195.0.192.66 (2 Jul 2000 22:16:09 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://naggum.no; http://naggum.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Jul 2000 22:16:09 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.dylan * António Nunes | So from the tone of your writings I guess you're describing yourself | here then :-) You need to guess less and think omre. | I'm sorry to read you have such a negative view of human nature. You need to guess less and think more. | People can be so nice when treated with respect. Now, how does that _really_ differ from what I said? | This effect tends to be amplified when they realise you continue to | be respectful even when they know they are being disrespectful to | you. Well, I think this is an excellent idea. However, in keeping with the very simple concept of "puting your money where you mouth is", I wait for those who proclaim a principle to apply it to themselves. Anybody can expound on some principle he wants _others_ to apply, but if you refrain from applying it to yourself, you communicate a quality of the advice given that is extremely unflattering: If it isn't good enough for yourself, why should anyone take your advice? | That's when they will often start to respect you at a deeper level. | (That's my reality anyway, hope it will be yours too one day!). It amazes me that you start off your "respectful" message with a disrespectful grin, instead of just _doing_ what you recommend. Such hypocrisy is utterly _disgusting_ to watch. Just quit it. #:Erik -- If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations.