Amen....Gregg ..... Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On Apr 15, 2013, at 5:47 PM, "Tuben, Gregg" <[email protected]> wrote: > just give it up you guys > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John Gilmore > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 4:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Happy Gilmore (was Length question) > > 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
