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From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mr. Pournelle is brain-dead.  News at 11:00.
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Date: 29 Sep 88 17:30:25 GMT
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From article <386@uwslh.UUCP>, by lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts):
" In article <70319@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
" >In article <3060@hubcap.UUCP> disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger) writes:

I don't think any of the criticisms of Pournelle's column in this
discussion are well taken.  Neither he nor the users his column is
for are stupid -- rather, they are impatient.  Those of us who are
interested in programs and computers for their own sake are willing,
or maybe eager, to take some time and devote some thought to why
the machine behaves the way it does and how to bend it to our wills.
This is not a typical attitude, and Jerry's column is not for us.
The premise of his column is that it is by and for the non-programmer.
Given this premise, it's too bad, really, that Jerry has come to
know as much as he does about computers.  I imagine he tries to
avoid much use of his expertise in reviewing products.

	Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu