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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 11:00:30 +0100
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On 30.11.2024 05:40, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 30.11.2024 00:29, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>>
>>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 28/11/2024 17:28, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But we're speaking about compilation times.  [...]
>>>>
>>>> You can make a similar argument about turning on the light switch
>>>> when entering a room.  Flicking light switches is not something you
>>>> need to do every few seconds, but if the light took 5 seconds to
>>>> come on (or even one second), it would be incredibly annoying.
>>>
>>> This analogy sounds like something a defense attorney would say who
>>> has a client that everyone knows is guilty.
>>
>> Intentionally or not;  it's funny to respond to an analogy with an
>> analogy. :-}
> 
> My statement was not an analogy.  Similar is not the same as
> analogous.

It's of course (and obviously) not the same; it's just a
similar term where the semantics of both terms have an overlap.

(Not sure why you even bothered to reply and nit-pick here.
But with your habit you seem to have just missed the point;
the comparison of your reply-type with Bart's argumentation.)

Janis