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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-28 08:11:38


David Abrahams wrote:

> > I'm referring to issue 553727 in the tracker. The message you mention
> > .....
>
> OK, that's fine. I can do it.

Great.

> > > P.S. I realize that I'm very literal-minded and that may sometimes make
> > > things difficult...
> >
> > Hmm... I really don't understand why liberal mind causes any problems? I
>
> even
>
> > looked up the word in the dictionary but it still means what I though.
>
> There's no problem with a liberal mind (depending on your political
> leanings).
> A *literal* mind is sometimes unable to make common-sense assumptions about
> what someone else is saying, out of fear of misinterpreting something.
>
> Thanks for understanding.

Had a lot of laugh! Definitely, *my* mind uses some hashing for english words
but sometimes picks the first word in a hash chain instead of searching
further.

- Volodya

 


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