Randy wrote: > There is a fine line between consistency and dogma. There is wisdom in this. Again and again I've fallen into this trap in my career. For a while I this at the top of my quotes file:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. -- 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' -- Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841 http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm Now, let me be clear: this is NOT a dig at 6!:0 or Roger or anyone else. It is an observation of myself. In fact, my first reaction to your example ( 2: ) was "but that's different!". Then, trying to articulate why, I said, aloud, "Is it really?". You've got me thinking. Thanks for that. -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
