eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) (02/09/89)
In <enj91#24gKdg=eric@snark.uu.net>, I wrote:
>[A short but nasty flame directed at Robert Firth]
It is I who have learned the lesson this time. I'd had a rough and frustrating
day, and what I *thought* I saw was some random presuming to know better than
dmr about his own thought processes during the invention of C. I blew my top.
I have since been informed by email (in blistering detail) that Mr. Firth is
not a random and seen by dmr's followup that he was correct. I retract my
insulting statements about Mr. Firth and accept full responsibility for my
error. Let the record at least show that I was as quick to apologize as I had
been to flame.
Mr. Firth was not among those who filled my mailbox. I shall try to take his
restraint in the face of provocation as a model for my own future behavior.
--
Eric S. Raymond (the mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)
Email: eric@snark.uu.net CompuServe: [72037,2306]
Post: 22 S. Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Phone: (215)-296-5718firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) (02/09/89)
In article <eo4Sl#3trre0=eric@snark.uu.net> eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes: >I retract my statements about Mr. Firth and accept full responsibility for my >error. Eric, your apology is accepted unreservedly. Neither was my post a model of courtesy, which I hope also can be forgiven. We all make mistakes on small points of detail; when I've done as much as Dennis Ritchie my memory will no doubt have dropped even more bits than it presently misses. So when I goof, please don't be afraid to post a correction. Let's all take a deep breath and get back to the technical stuff. Robert Firth
nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather) (02/09/89)
In article <eo4Sl#3trre0=eric@snark.uu.net>, eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes: > [...] and what I *thought* I saw was some random presuming to know better > > Mr. Firth is not a random [...] I'm interested in this use of "random" as a noun -- it's the first I've encountered. Is this local usage, coined for the occasion, or what? ...just curious. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin