Sorting an array

Fairlight fairlite at fairlite.com
Thu Jun 9 13:31:34 PDT 2016


On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 03:20:41PM -0400, Brian K. White via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> But the fact is, if I'm certain of something, then there is no
> argument about it, I'm only certain because I know from plain proof
> and experiment and observation, and it's not a matter for opinion
> and you can rail against it and try to make it sound like being
> arrogant or stubborn all you like, but it's not about me (or Mark,
> or whoever, or anyone's personality), it's a fight between you and
> math. Go ahead and fight with math if you insist.
> 
> And another fact is, I do like being corrected, because THAT is when
> I learn something new. Knowing something already is just a tool.
> It's not much of a goal by itself, just to sit there and be right
> about something in an argument. It's just a fact that is. It's not
> interesting. It doesn't bring anything new.
> 
> One opposes errors simply because they are errors, and allowing them
> to spread hurts everyone.
> 
> I suspect it's somewhat similar with Mark.

Exactly so.  And I take the same attitude towards learning.

Someone can dislike my presentation style all they like.  The objective
truth really doesn't care about who's right and who's wrong; it simply is.

mark->
-- 
Audio panton, cogito singularis.


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