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From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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In <364opm$fiu@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> probert@ucsb.edu (Dave Probert) writes:

>Perhaps you don't see Stallman's remarks as politicking, but if it was not
>his intention to discourage use of TCL, then what was his purpose?

RMS has his own motives (whatever they may be) for speaking out against
tcl.  Like any reasonably bright person, he realizes that it is not
always enough to simply present one's own personal objections;  so he
has collected together as many technical reasons as he can find that
he believes support his position.

There is nothing wrong or dishonorable about this strategy.  If you
wish to convince somebody of something, you must appeal to his likes
and dislikes, not your own.  I do it, everybody does it, everybody
should do it, everybody will do it.

The only way to effectively counter RMS's posting is to rebut
what he says, not what you think he should have said.
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