Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 23:02:50 -0500 From: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@freebsd.org, matrix@altima.net, dbailey27@ameritech.net Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <3E45D2EA.9040209@ameritech.net> References: <200302072309.AA423166622@altima.net> <15940.38588.692767.171995@guru.mired.org> <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net> <15940.39707.55965.640089@guru.mired.org> <3E4521B8.5000504@potentialtech.com> <15941.20500.925676.52788@guru.mired.org> <3E45A4D4.1080702@potentialtech.com> <3E45A960.9090903@ameritech.net> <3E45CAE7.9020102@potentialtech.com>
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> Well, I don't know where you got that definition, but both > Merriam-Webster > and foldoc agree with you enough that I'll have to bow out and admit that > you, Gary, and Mike are right. > Even if I don't like it ;) Same definition, different wording. > Well, this is even further off-topic and has more to do with how big > of assholes people have been all through history, and less to do with > the official classification of whether or not something is a computer > language or not. Its not off topic at all =) The point is that individuals tend to rationalize their perception of society, environment, self, etc. based on ideals that help create some kind of equilibrium relative to ego. This is what you would call "being an asshole" when individuals prioritize their need for equilibrium over an understanding that other individual's scope of self/research has worth as well. You're talking about "official classifications" when you don't attempt to prove official class, rather, your own perception of "language". I see this as a parallel to the Navaho instance in that something is only "relevant" to individuals when it benefits them directly. Indirect benefits tend to become ignored and deprioritized in favor of a pseudo sense of self worth. HTML/XML/and friends are all languages (despite attempts to underplay their relevance) whose usage is directly relative to a developer's facet of research). Don > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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