Xah Lee's Unixism

[David Schwartz]

"Ian Wilson" <scobloke2 at infotop.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:cgq7ki$eg1$1 at hercules.btinternet.com...

>>>>    I don't follow you at all. I think you'll find the most useful,
>>>>meaningful complaints about, say, a Ford Explorer from the people who
>>>>drive one every day.

>>>And if they continue to drive one everyday, perhaps you would conclude
>>>that their complaints are insincere.

>>     That's a load of crap.

> You're both right but ...
>
> Xah Lee: "I'm starting my own cult to exterminate morons on
> this earth.  Two things are on the top of my agenda: Unixism and Perl."
>
> Pascal Bourguignon: <Xah Lee's website runs on Linux, a Unix-like OS>
>
> Is more like
>
> Joe Blow: I'm going to exterminate all morons who drive a Ford Explorer.
>
> Fred Bloggs: But Joe, you drive a Ford Explorer!

    The you're missing is that 'unixism' has nothing to do with *using* 
UNIX.

> Rather than
>
> Joe Blow: Ford Explorers are a little bit expensive to service and the 
> doors squeak after a couple of years.
>
> Fred Bloggs: Thanks for the tip Joe, I see you drive one, so you should 
> know.

    The problem with 'unixism' is its affect on UNIX, and it would be 
logical that only those people who use UNIXes are affected by 'unixism' and 
concerned about it.

    DS