Re: Stupid ! and ?
Re: Stupid ! and ?
- Subject: Re: Stupid ! and ?
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:49:52 -0400
On Jun 26, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Dave wrote:
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>> On 25 Apr 2015, at 17:26, email@hidden wrote:
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>> This tension is simply part of life when using objects that inherit from NSObject and when interfacing with C libraries where paradigms are different.
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> That line could have straight out of the Unix Haters Handbook:
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> Someday, you are going to accidentally type something like:
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> % rm * .foo
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> and find you just deleted “*” instead of “*.foo”. Consider it a rite of passage.
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> “A rite of passage”? In no other industry could a manufacturer take such a cavalier attitude toward a faulty product. “But your honor, the exploding gas tank was just a rite of passage.”
Replace "gas tank" with "airbag" and we have relevance in current events.
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