Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: on Perl Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:59:43 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <20240417075943.00006cb4@gmail.com> References: <20240408075547.000061e8@gmail.com> <20240415152951.000079ab@gmail.com> <20240416084923.00005c8a@gmail.com> <20240416085912.00001a9b@gmail.com> <20240416091813.00003dd8@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:59:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7a885d53952e506d4bfe7e1038b86033"; logging-data="1722063"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cDeOc7OiBsHkrxw7CzUgWPEtfvWE6bNs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:1jCIXVZ5DTuZxZLTE/Lj4P52+8Q= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2427 On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:22:27 -0000 (UTC) Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote: > >*golf clap* > > Whatever that is. (it means i am engaging in what is nominally a gesture of respect in a mocking way, so as to indicate that your pompous demands for respect are being deliberately ignored) > You aspies need to stop taking things so literally. Quite obviously > someone uses it, but in the scheme of things Lua has a tiny userbase > and is pretty irrelevant in most language discussions. Again, the "the thing I said was not in any meaningful sense 'correct,' so here's how I've decided that evidence to the contrary doesn't count" strategy. *chef kiss*