Matthew Brand wrote: > Did this sentence have an end? > "English is not necessarily better or superior it is simply the dominant > (lingua franca) language for" > > It is the > second time today that I have read an email that just stops mid > sentence (not from the J forum either). > > 2009/9/29 James C Field <[email protected]> > > >> frank clooter wrote: >> >>> if i reuse code in any language, >>> including assembler, i am not cheating. >>> >>> if i use macros in assembler for code expansion, >>> i am not cheating. >>> >>> if i do not thoroughly test my code regardless >>> of language, I am cheating. >>> >>> if i am bernie madoff and i create >>> the world's biggest Ponzi scheme, >>> i am cheating. >>> >>> before printing presses, documents >>> were hand copied. printing presses >>> are not cheating. code reuse is just >>> good business as long as the reused >>> code is good code. >>> >>> FC >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> >>> >> PLEASE use upper case (capital) "I" when using the personal pronoun. >> Please also respect current rules for common typewritten grammar (unless >> you consider yourself a newday e e cummings poet.) >> >> The authors of APL and J took a hell of a lot of trouble considering >> grammar. So should you. >> >> Jim >> >> Careful and considered use of English language punctuation, spelling and >> grammar has been a very important part of the precision and development >> of APL and J. >> >> English is not necessarily better or superior it is simply the dominant >> (lingua franca) language for COMMUNICATION >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >
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