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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-07 21:47:41


on Sat Oct 06 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>> , and they using those words in argument?
>>
>> This person actually said something more blunt, like, "now Volodya
>> says he doesn't want to support VC++". My memory of the conversation
>> isn't perfect, but I think it went something like that.
>
> So, you're trying to make an argument based on your conversation with
> anonymous person, where "your memory of the conversation isnt't perfect".
> How is anybody supposed to separate actual argument made by that person,
> from the interpretation made by youself?

I was only trying to be honest and not claim that I remembered every
single word verbatim. My memory of the conversation is pretty good --
what one might expect for something that had transpired the previous
day. If that doesn't give you all the information you need to
interpret the data, then I'm sorry; I can't do any better. I wasn't
holding a reporter's notepad.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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