Re: A note on computing thugs and coding bums

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 06:01:18 -0600, Richard Heathfield wrote
(in article <JpCdnXeyaoomKxnanZ2dnUVZ8szinZ2d@xxxxxx>):

spinoza1111 said:

On Jan 9, 4:19 pm, user923005 <dcor...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Richard, you're being trolled. I think it is pretty obvious. I don't
think he believes one word of what he is saying. He's just pushing
hot buttons to see if he can get responses. Of course, he might
really be that thick, but I doubt it.

I'm not trolling. My name is Edward G. Nilges. After a 30 year career
in programming, which started with compiler debugging in machine
language and included the development of several large systems and
assisting a Nobel winner,

ROTFL! Are you still waving that old chestnut around? You are on record as
saying that you had two contacts with him, lasting a total of around an
hour. Even if this is true, which has not been established, it puts the
level of your "assistance" into perspective.

Further digging into the events also revealed that the "assistance"
involving giving out incorrect information. Nilgewater is the comedy
gift that just keeps on giving...

Respected by whom? You? Schildt's works are notoriously buggy and he
notoriously doesn't care.

Perhaps Nilges would like to defend the recent post were you show an
example of Shildt's code in C. That should be entertaining.

I have recently suspended posting

Not so's anyone would notice.

There is a pattern if you pay attention. He drops about 15 posts in a
big chunk. Hammers out 4 or 5 replies to those that respond. Then, if
a few of the responses are too hot for him to handle, he pretends that
he is going on "vacation" for a bit so he can ignore them and let them
cool off, then he comes back and starts fresh as if he has a clean
slate. Cowardice isn't really a strong enough word to describe the
pattern.

and
Schildt as the author of The Complete C++ Reference.

Whilst it is true that there are several references to such a work on the
Web (thirteen, according to my search), I think you'll find that the title
is actually "C++ - The Complete Reference" (which gets 17000+ hits).

You don't actually expect him to get his facts straight do you?

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Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those
who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw





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