On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote: It's a good thing this metaphor does not extend to "Modern Programmers". We'd all be out of work. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

Thank you. I actually chuckled over that one. Christopher Smith wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com] > > > Let's be accurate here. cummings was a poet. The people > > posting without > > proper grammar and punctuation are not. > > Well, if you use the "modern" definition of poetry, sure they are. ;) > > ... and given the "modern" definition of art, the people who paint lines down the middle of the street are "artists." According to the "modern" definition of music, one can talk over top of some drum lines from Judas Priest's first album and be a wonderful "musician." > > > Etc, etc. :) > > Regards, > > Chris > > Christopher Smith, Perl Developer > Amdocs - Champaign, IL > > /usr/bin/perl -e ' > print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); > ' >