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Perhaps you can appreciate the difference between The Lord of the Rings, which was self-consciously written to be a mythology for England, and The Brother's Kar
by poncho_romero 2y ago
Perhaps you can appreciate the difference between The Lord of the Rings, which was self-consciously written to be a mythology for England, and The Brother's Karamazov which is set in the middle of the 19th century. We get it Walter, you hate socialism.
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- WalterBright 2y agoMore accurately, I'm an advocate of freedom, yours as well as mine.
- poncho_romero 2y agoI appreciate that, and I'm sure we feel very similarly about the importance of individual freedoms. My snark has to do with the fact that I find your comments on political threads to be ideological and uninteresting, which is disappointing as someone who thinks highly of your work (and talks) on programming.
- WalterBright 2y ago> ideological It's evidence based, not faith based. Try me! In contrast, I am not religious any longer because I could not find any evidence of its reality. > and uninteresting I can't help with that. P.S. I'm giving a talk on code generators on Jan 16 at nwcpp.org. Come join in!