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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Donald Knuth on `email' vs. `e-mail' [Please forward to
From:       Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date:       2001-01-04 15:20:55
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Guillaume Laurent wrote:

> On Thursday 04 January 2001 11:12, Peter Putzer wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > So what? :-)
> >
> > His is just an opinion like everyone else's.
> 
> Except that he is a tad bit more knowledgeable on the subject than most, 
> don't you think ?

Not really, as we're talking about linguistics, not typography. I haven't
heard of Prof. Knuth holding a tenure for linguistics.

bye,
Peter

PS: I respect Prof. Knuth's achievements and contributions to CS, but I
dislike attempts at argument through authority...

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