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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:34:59 -0800
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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.