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"Ralph E. Crafts" <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:39:00 -0500
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>
> >
> > How can it possibly be that for something as important as software,
> > and for languages that are a decade old, there is 'inadequate data'
> > to support a language decision, and if the data is in fact
> > inadequate, how can it be that it's not worth spending any time or
> > money getting some data?  Or, if it's another case of "make the
> > decision, then do the staff work", what does it say that nobody
> > even bothers to pretend to justify the decision. :(
> >
> Let me guess how Ralph Crafts, the ex-fighter jockey, would reply:
>
> "Ready; fire; aim."
>
> Right, Ralph? :-)
>
> Mike
>
Actually, I was an attack pilot (I have derogatory stories to tell
about fighter jocks), but you're close with your guess--actually,
I think they only got to "fire" since they obviously weren't "ready"
enough to even "aim."

--Ralph



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