Re: Regarding "dogma" words [Was: Re: Regarding "make"-systems [Was: Re: [dev] Build system: redo]]

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:27:16 +0200

On 10 August 2012 16:32, Ciprian Dorin Craciun
<ciprian.craciun_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 5:06 PM, hiro <23hiro_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> people like inventing words. so what?
>
> I'm not against inventing words... On the contrary a language must evolve...
>
>
> But I'm against using a quasi meaningless word as an answer
> without also providing a meaningful or coherent argument sustaining
> it. Thus just to keep in the context of "suckless", if someone says:
> >> Project blah is not "suckless".
> I just ignore that statement on the basis of trolling...
>
> But if on the contrary he says:
> >> Project blah is not "suckless" because << insert at least an
> intent to explain why >>.
>
> Then I agree to the usage of the word, and I don't count it as dogmatism.

If something is obvious there is no need for a "because".

-Anselm
Received on Fri Aug 10 2012 - 20:27:16 CEST