Could we use something better than zip for the dmd package?
Andrei Alexandrescu
SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Thu Dec 22 09:35:09 PST 2011
On 12/22/11 11:07 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
> news:jcvnrs$2e3f$2 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 12/22/11 10:45 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> 1. "If you're a programmer, or even just a power user, you have
>>> absolutely no excuse not to *already* have a 7z-capable program
>>> [EDIT: such as WinRAR, for instance] installed."
>>
>> Wrong.
>>
>
> Ok then, if you're claiming that I'm wrong and a programmer *does* have a
> legitimate excuse for not having a 7z-capable program, perhaps you could
> state what that legitimate excuse is instead of merely being contradictory?
I think it's sheer statistics, as odd as that might sound. I quite enjoy
your rants, but after having seen a lot of them it seems to me (though I
may be quite wrong) that your opinions and preferences are a couple of
standard deviations away from the median. That is of course not bad. The
most entertaining part is that this comes bundled with the firm
conviction (or even unstated assumption) that everybody should hold, or
already holds, the same belief as yours.
There are some funny consequences to this. If something completely
pisses you off, it might actually be an indication we're doing something
right. And if you say something is perfect for you, that's almost always
a reason to worry.
Andrei
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