Re: [chat] Dumbest question ever.

[Ben Leslie <benno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Sean Neakums wrote:

> >>>>> "BL" == Ben Leslie <benno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>     BL> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Sean Neakums wrote:
>     >> I read that note some years ago; Knuth was as wrong about it
>     >> then as he is now.  Past mistakes should be learned from and
>     >> corrected, not mindlessly propragated into the future.
> 
>     BL> Language evolves. Who cares?
> 
> It only "evolves" PRECISELY because nobody cares.  It's time to turn
> the tide.

What is wrong with this? Evolution of the language is generally 
a good thing. You might as well say we should go back to Old English
or latin or maybe we shouldn't have evolved language past a couple
of grunts.

Benno