From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gian Uberto Lauri" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: if vs. when vs. and: style question Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:53:07 +0100 Message-ID: <21781.3171.349108.605756@mail.eng.it> References: <87sicvwckx.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87wq27yvqg.fsf@debian.uxu> <8d531e99-7260-4263-ac99-09c6871e2708@googlegroups.com> <87vbhq53lf.fsf@debian.uxu> <87a8z23p23.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87lhilx0cf.fsf@debian.uxu> <87twx9360u.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <0d1d19ab-06e9-462d-8867-9a49b1e232d3@googlegroups.com> <87619n8dte.fsf@debian.uxu> Reply-To: Gian Uberto Lauri NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427442823 13270 80.91.229.3 (27 Mar 2015 07:53:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:53:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 27 08:53:38 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YbP5A-0005n5-M0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:53:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbP59-0005p5-VV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:53:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56478) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbP4w-0005m7-Lc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbP4t-0008A7-TW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from relay.eng.it ([91.109.60.38]:56865 helo=mail.eng.it) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbP4t-00089d-Je for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:53:15 -0400 Original-Received: from bms2.eng.it (unknown [192.168.10.43]) by deliver.antivirus (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBED744007; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:53:13 +0100 (CET) X-AuditID: c0a80a2b-f79576d000007f3b-ab-55150c698b7a Original-Received: from mail.eng.it (Unknown_Domain [192.168.10.31]) by bms2.eng.it (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 03.14.32571.96C05155; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:53:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from quigley (unknown [172.27.7.115]) by mail.eng.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D6944007; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:53:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87619n8dte.fsf@debian.uxu> X-Mailer: VM 8.1.1 under 24.4.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-attribution: CC X-echelon-food: Ti Food Poisoning Taliban CIKR BOP distributed denial of service USCODE CISU colonel advisors Toxic SGC Mavricks Strain benelux X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrLLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVyYAWXvG4mj2iowaYfuhabL6Va7Lz5hs2B yaNtmplHf+tU1gCmKC6blNSczLLUIn27BK6MjfMvMRU0cVX8f3yQtYFxGXsXIyeHhICJxOrj 7UwQtpjEhXvr2boYuTiEBDYxSrRM+MAO4fQwSpy/+5EZpIpXQFDi5MwnLCA2s4COxM6td9gg bG2JZQtfQ9UYSczYdwVsKouAqsSv20vAtokIaEq0vO6A6pWSWL5xH5gtLGAgcWXZU0YQmw8o /uv5PrCZnAIaEscP32eEOOIVs0T3vFvMEKdaSXx9tgRsgRDQEY+frQRrYANa0Pn8NVSNoMTL Y9PAmiUEpjJK7L97gX0Co8gsJE/MQvLELCRPLGBkXsXInZRbbKSXmpeul1myiRES5No7GM9M Uz3EKM3BoiTOe7zSPURIID2xJDU7NbUgtSi+qDQntfgQIxMHp1QDo3z9BoZbWud7VzIyb5la eiVoyuZfjY8O90RznZv/Ndt+RdOi7uyQdKEN1y66Mxm6MnlLWipmapw24ONTrzLs3H/Bwd+W L1hm8XbRddNjJqRbTL1za85l3tf8P1iMtdZvmyH5dur7m4052tzGyqy6J/y1b3F9mqW7frdu uvHNzSftjA4vlZlgpcRSnJFoqMVcVJwIAGiZpchAAgAA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 91.109.60.38 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103379 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Rusi writes: >=20 > > On a different note... For 50 years CS has been > > living in the impoverished world of ASCII. > > This makes people think CS and math are more far > > apart than they essentially/really are. >=20 > ASCII is sufficient for all computer use that is > indeed computer use. If "computer use" means "computer programming", your sentence may be true. If "computer use" means "using a computer in everyday work", then the sentence is "a bit" wrong. > Why do you think mankind abandoned the iconographic > baby-steps of the old Sumerians=3F There is a remarkable number of people that still uses ideograms. And the evolution of writing you refer to is bound more to writing technology and speed of writing. --=20 /\ =5F=5F=5F Ubuntu: anci= ent /=5F=5F=5F/\=5F|=5F|\=5F|=5F=5F|=5F=5F=5FGian Uberto Lauri=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install gi=E0 sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... 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