I'm just saying that the magazine caters to mostly a generic liberal arts
audience (and that's "liberal arts" in the field-of-study sense, not
"left-wing artists"). Readers in that audience are unlikely to know about
Fortran. There's no reason for you to feel insulted.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at
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On Behalf Of Glen Goodwin
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:35 PM
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Classiccmp cartoon sighting
'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
I wouldn't expect that New Yorker readers know
what Fortran is.
Surprised they didn't just make it Windows.
Well, clearly John Allain was reading the New Yorker -- after all, he saw
the cartoon. I'm also a reader.
I'm pretty sure both John and I know what Fortran is.
Any particular reason for your comment, or do you simply insult large groups
of people without thinking about it?
Glen
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