Re: [dev] Local vs global variables

I agree with you [uriel] too

> Changing your mind (*in the face of new evidence
> or understanding!*) is not something to be ashamed
> of, it is something everyone should be proud of.

and I thought that it was the case among researchers but I guess I was wrong.

2009/11/6, Robert C Corsaro <rcorsaro_AT_optaros.com>:
> Uriel wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Robert C Corsaro <rcorsaro_AT_optaros.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kris Maglione wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 08:00:11PM +0100, Moritz Wilhelmy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:44:09PM +0100, QUINTIN Guillaume wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do you say that he is a fundamentalist ? Do you mean that he is
>>>>>> right ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> A fundamentalist? Just like the suckless folks? :-D
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Very true.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There are fundamentalists the are wrong, and fundamentalists that are
>>> correct. I _always_ choose the correct ones because choosing the
>>> incorrect
>>> ones would be stupid.
>>>
>>
>> The only thing that really matters is to 1) know your limitations 2)
>> recognize it when you find that you were wrong about something.
>>
>> It is no secret that once I thought XML and OO were great, but that is
>> precisely why now I can much more strongly state that they are total
>> worthless bullshit that should *never* be used.
>>
>> This is why I like garbeam, even despite our many disagreements, and
>> that he usually denies that he could be wrong for a long time,
>> eventually he almost always recognizes it when he was wrong, and
>> learns from his mistakes.
>>
>> Changing your mind (*in the face of new evidence or understanding!*)
>> is not something to be ashamed of, it is something everyone should be
>> proud of.
>>
>> uriel
>>
>>
> I agree with all your points in spirit. I would only like to point out
> that I was obviously being sarcastic.
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 06 2009 - 22:00:15 UTC