C's syntax (was Re: Python Formatted C Converter (PfCC))

[Grant Griffin]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> 
...
> Not necessarily: it depends on context -- see above.  How is anybody
> outside my firm going to know that I was the one who introduced C
> here, and taught several courses about it, for example, unless I tell
> them?  *HOW*, exactly, is THAT "accomplishment" going to "speak by itself"
> to rebut the idiocy of the CG trying to lump me in with "those who
> don't like C"?  The same book, above-mentioned, that suggests "seating
> at the foot of the table", also has harsh words against those who,
> having a lit lamp, hide it under a bushel...:-).

If you speak true words of wisdom on some subject, the words stand on
their own.  OTOH, no amount of assurance that you are an expert at a
subject is convincing, if the expertise you lend is not convincing in
itself.  In other words, bragging doesn't help, and it probably actually
hurts your credibility.

Perhaps this is a cultural value to an extent, but you can see that the
basic logic of it transcends culture.  Usenet has its _own_ culture,
which derives from the properties of the medium, and the fact that it
connects people from all around the world.  Specifically, anybody can
say anything on Usenet.  (For example, did you know that I actually
ghost-invented the Internet for Al Gore? <wink>)  So what you are judged
on here is what you know (as evidenced by how well you communicate it
here), not your resume.  Your resume may be impressive to an employer,
but to us it means nothing.

but-you-gotta-admit:-that-thing-about-me-ghost-inventing-the
    -internet-was-pretty-darn-impressive-<wink>-ly y'rs,

=g2
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