From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7d3530220706191511g31fd5346wc2e9da3f799e03c9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:11:29 -1000 From: "John Floren" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Anyone else see this? In-Reply-To: <283f5df10706191500w4f00c806y26c4ca53330c1c94@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <283f5df10706191500w4f00c806y26c4ca53330c1c94@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 82397896-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 6/19/07, LiteStar numnums wrote: > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=238941&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=19566827 > > -- > "By cosmic rule, as day yields night, so winter summer, war peace, > plenty famine. All things change. Air penetrates the lump of myrrh, until > the joining bodies die and rise again in smoke called incense." > > "Men do not know how that which is drawn in different directions > harmonises with itself. The harmonious structure of the world depends upon > opposite tension like that of the bow and the lyre." > > "This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god > or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, > kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures" > -- Heraclitus Seems like there's some valid criticisms in the post. I know it's heresy to question the Holy Code of Pike et al, yet the guy does have something worthwhile to say. Hell, it's crazy, but maybe it's even a good idea to use variables longer than 2 characters and to put comments in code! Also, LiteStar, you wil the award for longest sig. John -- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn