From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] c++
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:47:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ebf4304d1a080d803608453b2dd8981@kw.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W4fkYwj2Y472catnNEv7YjQ7NQfvE-SmcCVJ3taNznA_g@mail.gmail.com>
i agree with your point. but i think that you the statments you point
out are hyperbole.
> In the big scheme of things, absolutely none of this matters. Whether one
> programs in Java, C, Go, COBOL or 370 assembler doesn't really make any
> difference; one could die tomorrow, and would anyone care what language
> s/he programmed in? really? This world has bigger problems than that.
this argument isn't a good one. this is a variation of the
"finish your plate there are starving kids in africa" argument. the fact
that there are starving kids in africa has no bearing on if the kid in
the quote has had enough to eat.
the fact that there are bigger problems in the world does not imply
that we ourselves are in a position to do anything about them. heck,
i see problems very close to home that i can't do much about. i can
try to make arguments, but very often there is no direct influence that
can be made. and being right is no comfort.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-22 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-19 22:48 steve
2012-11-20 1:37 ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-20 2:08 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-20 10:12 ` Steve Simon
2012-11-22 9:54 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 10:07 ` lucio
2012-11-22 10:21 ` Nemo
2012-11-22 15:37 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:19 ` Nemo
2012-11-22 16:31 ` lucio
2012-11-25 6:09 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 10:39 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 10:18 ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2012-11-22 11:34 ` hiro
2012-11-22 11:57 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 14:25 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 13:13 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 13:48 ` hiro
2012-11-22 14:22 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:38 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 14:47 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2012-11-22 14:54 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 15:47 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:00 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:11 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:31 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 17:30 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:18 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:06 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:07 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:12 ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 16:25 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:51 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:16 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:39 ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:51 ` Paul Lalonde
2012-11-22 17:53 ` hiro
2012-11-22 18:13 ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:00 ` lucio
2012-12-03 13:43 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2012-12-03 14:13 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 14:58 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 15:21 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 15:29 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-04 21:36 ` hiro
2012-11-22 16:58 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 22:25 ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:54 ` dexen deVries
2012-11-22 17:04 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:31 ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:45 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:46 ` lucio
2012-11-22 20:17 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 17:42 ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:44 ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:47 ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:55 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23 3:31 ` lucio
2012-11-23 3:56 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:50 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:59 ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:02 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 18:12 ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:15 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 21:48 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 21:34 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15 ` Christopher Nielsen
2012-11-22 17:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:18 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:22 ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 17:27 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:45 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 19:55 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23 9:42 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 17:58 ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:32 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 17:39 ` hiro
2012-11-22 20:14 ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 15:50 ` lucio
2012-11-22 14:54 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:40 ` Pavel Klinkovsky
2012-11-22 18:11 ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 19:58 ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-20 20:07 ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 20:17 ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-22 12:58 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-20 19:05 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-20 20:31 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2012-11-20 20:09 ` dexen deVries
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-24 1:45 [9fans] C++ Winston Kodogo
2012-11-22 22:32 Winston Kodogo
2012-11-23 3:04 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-11-23 9:47 ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-11-23 10:21 ` dexen deVries
2012-11-23 13:28 ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-23 14:02 ` lucio
2012-11-25 6:03 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 17:09 ` Eugene Gorodinsky
2012-11-27 19:57 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 20:15 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 10:02 ` faif
2012-11-19 9:59 [9fans] c++ Steve Simon
2012-11-19 10:10 ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2012-11-19 11:31 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 10:45 ` iainws
2012-11-19 12:17 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-19 12:46 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 12:55 ` hiro
2012-11-19 13:22 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 14:58 ` tlaronde
2012-11-19 15:17 ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 14:25 ` Robert Raschke
2012-11-19 14:56 ` Calvin Morrison
2012-11-19 14:09 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 15:38 ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 16:45 ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-19 15:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 14:10 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 14:13 ` David Leimbach
2012-11-19 16:21 ` Andrés Domínguez
2012-11-19 20:02 ` Aharon Robbins
2012-11-20 2:24 ` Taj Khattra
2012-11-20 3:47 ` Bruce Ellis
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