In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:59:23 +0000 > > My first comment was more anthropological than technical. > Somewhat akin to the election of "abbandonate" over "lasciate", which is at least projectively anthropological.
> My feeling about the use of these redundant parentheses is thus akin to my > feeling about the practice of wearing both a belt and suspenders/braces. > Inelegant they may be, indeed certainly are; but there should be no > sanctions against those who use|wear them. > Thanks for the clarification; it spared me the creative angst of composing an apologia. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
