[comp.object] gripe

diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa) (09/03/90)

In article <401@eiffel.UUCP> bertrand@eiffel.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer) writes:

>	It is always surprising to see so many people confusing
>programming languages and their implementations.

Why?  After a while it should stop being surprising.  ;-/
There are even professionals in the field who confuse a programming
language with the editor(s) that are marketed for editing programs in
the language.  :-(

>	Why is that so? There is nothing tricky or difficult in the
>distinction. Just common sense.

Common sense is not as common as you think it is.
[not an original quotation]

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Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC       diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com
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