This reminds me of a Ken Iverson anecdote. (Bet you didn't know Ken was a Zen master. :-)
The secret to writing well? “First, write 500 papers.” http://keiapl.org/rhui/remember.htm#500 ----- Original Message ----- From: bill lam <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 18, 2009 15:27 Subject: Re: [Jchat] finally, I've made tiny Smalltalk program for ChineseJ To: [email protected] > On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, James C Field wrote: > > Obviously English is not your first language. Sorry, I > UNDERSTAND > > NOTHING OF YOUR REPLY. > > Roger and Bob should already explained it. > > If you really cannot understand, there was another zen master > (not an > imitator) who might help you. Whenever his students could not > understand his teaching and asked for answer. This zen master > used a > wooden rod to hit directly at their heads. A student who > was too > dense and kept on asking, the zen master chased behind him and > hit him > repeated. Suddenly the student was enlightened. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
