At 5:01 PM -0500 1/25/02, Melvin Smith wrote:
> >At 1:56 PM -0500 1/25/02, Bryan C. Warnock wrote:
>>>Dan is cleverly aloof in is answers. There's not many folks who
>flippantly
>>>hand-wave and still come across as knowing exactly what he's talking
>about.
>>
>>I really do need to work on the flippant bit when I'm not in front of
>>a roomful of Lisp folks...
>
>*cackle*
>
>I also read the Dr Dobbs article, you must have stolen the author's
>parking spot or something.
Apparently so. Judging from the pictures, Shriram and I both did
something unpleasant to the art director too.
>Actually I enjoyed it because it was classic DDJ, all the talk about
>academic point of view. Rarely do I ever see "academics" doing much
>to help the rest of the community.
Apparently producing solid, useable stuff doesn't get you tenure,
which I can see could be a big disincentive. OTOH, the workshop was
really useful in a number of ways, so it's not like no exchange is
going on. Hopefully we can have more in the future. (Greg, the guy
who arranged the conference, passed on some really interesting ideas
for optimization
>Technically I'm an academic (although a poor one) so this statement
>isn't prejudiced.
Well, we weren't alone in getting shot at. The very first paragraph
was a good smack at Greg, which wasn't at all fair.
>I also could care less about reinventing the wheel, if I get
>to own my own wheel and put my name on it.. and paint it yellow...
Works for me. Whatever gets me a wheel fastest...
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Dan
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