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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 14:21:41 +0100
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On 05.12.2024 02:34, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
>> 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.
> 
> It's because you thought it was just a nit-pick that I bothered
> to reply.
> 
>> But with your habit you seem to have just missed the point;
>> the comparison of your reply-type with Bart's argumentation.)
> 
> If you think they are the same then it is you who has missed the
> point.

(After the nit-pick level you seem to have now reached the
Kindergarten niveau of communication. - And no substance as so
often in contexts where you cannot copy/paste a "C" standard
text passage.)

The point was; you were both making comparisons by expressing
similarities - "a similar argument" [Bart] and "sounds like"
[Tim]; you both expressed an opinion and backed that up by
formulating similarities; Bart (unnecessarily leaving the well
disputable IT context) by his light bulbs, any you (more on a
personal behavior level, unsurprisingly) comparing his habits
with [also a prejudice] other professions' habits (attorneys).

(Again, I wondered why you even bothered to reply. My original
reply wasn't even meant disrespectful; I was just amused. -
But meanwhile, given your response habits, I better ignore you
again, especially since you don't want to contribute but prefer
playing the troll.)

Janis