Re: A group about programming languages

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Well, that's true, but most typical Usenet discussions are pointless
anyway. Mostly it's people nitpicking each other over trivia or
demonstrating their failure to understand the concept of civilised
discussion or asking others to do their homework for them or doing their
homework for them or refusing to do their homework for them or explaining
why they are refusing to do their homework for them or explaining that it
really truly honestly isn't homework even though it looks a bit like it or
attempting to persuade you to buy pharmaceutical goods from strangers over
the Internet that you would hesitate to accept as a gift from the family
doctor you've known and loved for thirty years or nodding to each other
over in-jokes the point of which was reasonably well-known a decade ago
but is now known only to four or five people currently using the group or
complaints about topicality or complaints about complaints about
topicality or complaints about complaints about complaints about
topicality or plugging their religion or attacking their religion or
explaining why it is not a good idea to plug a religion or attack a
religion on Usenet or a statistical analysis of pointless discussions of
the last month broken down by poster frequency and by newsreader and by
original text and by any useless category you can think of or people
posting replies that demonstrate beyond doubt that they have either not
read or at least not understood the post to which they are replying or
people trying to persuade you to use their rather lame excuse for an open
source software package or people posting just to say how deeply and
abidingly they hate everything that some other person stands for on the
rather tenuous assumption that anyone else has the slightest interest or
people taking a stab at posting the longest sentence without commas in the
history of comp.programming that anyone can remember without actually
checking on the pretext of ranting about how pointless most typical Usenet
discussions are and then telling you that the sentence in question
contains 337 words.

You cheated here. Write that number in words!
And beside, "it's" is two words.

Here is why lisp is better, it can easily find that number:

C/USER[23]> (loop with sentence
= '(Mostly it's people nitpicking each other over trivia or
demonstrating their failure to understand the concept of civilised
discussion or asking others to do their homework for them or doing their
homework for them or refusing to do their homework for them or explaining
why they are refusing to do their homework for them or explaining that it
really truly honestly isn't homework even though it looks a bit like it or
attempting to persuade you to buy pharmaceutical goods from strangers over
the Internet that you would hesitate to accept as a gift from the family
doctor you've known and loved for thirty years or nodding to each other
over in-jokes the point of which was reasonably well-known a decade ago
but is now known only to four or five people currently using the group or
complaints about topicality or complaints about complaints about
topicality or complaints about complaints about complaints about
topicality or plugging their religion or attacking their religion or
explaining why it is not a good idea to plug a religion or attack a
religion on Usenet or a statistical analysis of pointless discussions of
the last month broken down by poster frequency and by newsreader and by
original text and by any useless category you can think of or people
posting replies that demonstrate beyond doubt that they have either not
read or at least not understood the post to which they are replying or
people trying to persuade you to use their rather lame excuse for an open
source software package or people posting just to say how deeply and
abidingly they hate everything that some other person stands for on the
rather tenuous assumption that anyone else has the slightest interest or
people taking a stab at posting the longest sentence without commas in the
history of comp.programming that anyone can remember without actually
checking on the pretext of ranting about how pointless most typical Usenet
discussions are and then telling you that the sentence in question
contains words.)
with len = (length sentence)
for i from len
for n = (split-sequence-if (lambda (ch) (find ch " -"))
(format nil "~:@(~R~)" i))
while (/= i (+ len (length n)))
finally (return (append (butlast sentence)
(mapcar (function intern) n)
(last sentence))))
(MOSTLY IT 'S PEOPLE NITPICKING EACH OTHER OVER TRIVIA OR DEMONSTRATING THEIR
FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF CIVILISED DISCUSSION OR ASKING OTHERS TO
DO THEIR HOMEWORK FOR THEM OR DOING THEIR HOMEWORK FOR THEM OR REFUSING TO DO
THEIR HOMEWORK FOR THEM OR EXPLAINING WHY THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO THEIR
HOMEWORK FOR THEM OR EXPLAINING THAT IT REALLY TRULY HONESTLY ISN 'T HOMEWORK
EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A BIT LIKE IT OR ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE YOU TO BUY
PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS FROM STRANGERS OVER THE INTERNET THAT YOU WOULD HESITATE
TO ACCEPT AS A GIFT FROM THE FAMILY DOCTOR YOU 'VE KNOWN AND LOVED FOR THIRTY
YEARS OR NODDING TO EACH OTHER OVER IN-JOKES THE POINT OF WHICH WAS REASONABLY
WELL-KNOWN A DECADE AGO BUT IS NOW KNOWN ONLY TO FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE CURRENTLY
USING THE GROUP OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT TOPICALITY OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT COMPLAINTS
ABOUT TOPICALITY OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT
TOPICALITY OR PLUGGING THEIR RELIGION OR ATTACKING THEIR RELIGION OR EXPLAINING
WHY IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO PLUG A RELIGION OR ATTACK A RELIGION ON USENET OR
A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF POINTLESS DISCUSSIONS OF THE LAST MONTH BROKEN DOWN
BY POSTER FREQUENCY AND BY NEWSREADER AND BY ORIGINAL TEXT AND BY ANY USELESS
CATEGORY YOU CAN THINK OF OR PEOPLE POSTING REPLIES THAT DEMONSTRATE BEYOND
DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE EITHER NOT READ OR AT LEAST NOT UNDERSTOOD THE POST TO
WHICH THEY ARE REPLYING OR PEOPLE TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO USE THEIR RATHER
LAME EXCUSE FOR AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PACKAGE OR PEOPLE POSTING JUST TO SAY
HOW DEEPLY AND ABIDINGLY THEY HATE EVERYTHING THAT SOME OTHER PERSON STANDS FOR
ON THE RATHER TENUOUS ASSUMPTION THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST OR
PEOPLE TAKING A STAB AT POSTING THE LONGEST SENTENCE WITHOUT COMMAS IN THE
HISTORY OF COMP.PROGRAMMING THAT ANYONE CAN REMEMBER WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHECKING
ON THE PRETEXT OF RANTING ABOUT HOW POINTLESS MOST TYPICAL USENET DISCUSSIONS
ARE AND THEN TELLING YOU THAT THE SENTENCE IN QUESTION CONTAINS THREE HUNDRED
AND FORTY FOUR WORDS.)
C/USER[24]>

I think you forgot people quoting everything, and people quoting nothing.

:-)
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
Until real software engineering is developed, the next best practice
is to develop with a dynamic system that has extreme late binding in
all aspects. The first system to really do this in an important way
is Lisp. -- Alan Kay
.

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