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Laura wrote:
| >>>>> "jc" == jc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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| jc> Which of us is right can't be determined by logic, because
| jc> we're talking about human behavior, which isn't especially
| jc> logical. So what we need is a controlled experiment: We make
| jc> this notation part of the standard, and implement it in a lot
| jc> of programs. Then we study the ABC that comes out of those
| jc> programs' new users, to see what the statistics are.
|
| jc> When we get enough data to have statistically significant
| jc> results, one of us can publicly admit that the other was
| jc> right.
|
| But you can't then take the feature out, because there will then be a
| body of work that depends on it.
Damn! You saw through my ruse.
(Hey, keep quiet about this trickery. With a bit of care, we can sneak
this into enough ABC software that it will become indispensible. ;-)
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