Jon Perryman does not appear to be quits of this thread. He wrote (of me):
<begin extract> I agree totally except with his posts. He is articulate and always chooses his wording carefully. He has many years of experience and knows why I don't use TRTE but he chose not to say that and use his specific wording. Clearly he has intent but he tries to keep it subtle. He needed to be called on it. </end extract> When and if I have 'intent' to discredit someone, I will choose a worthier, more formidable opponent. Shooting fish in a barrel is not my idea of good sport. His imputations reflect his own anxieties, not my intent. I was in fact uncharacteristically charitable about the snippet of code that he posted. There are always two questions in any of these situations. One first asks oneself, "Is it done the way I would do it?" The answer to this preliminary question is, of course, almost always no. The next, much more important question is, "In its own terms is it done well?" The answer to this question for the case of Mr. Perryman's snippet was again no. The appropriate, classical iterative scheme, used almost reflexively by coloro che sanno, cleans up with an executed TRT. One of the merits of TRTE is that it offers less scope for misuse by mandolinisti. Until he escalated this dispute, I was unaware of him; and I have now added his email address to my kill list, ensuring that I will have no occasion to see or comment further on his posts. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
