Duncan wrote:

> Steve Long <slong@...> posted
> gb6pop$997$1@..., excerpted below, on  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:57
> +0100:
> 
>>> This is an old rhetorical trick (I don't know its name in English): You
>>> impute that I claimed things which I never said - of course, then it is
>>> easy for you to prove that these things are wrong.
>> What, like saying my point was only about saving two tokens?
>> 
>>> I _never_ suggested to use code from stone-age for ebuilds
>> You did as far as I am concerned.
> 
> Careful please, both of you.  This bit looks like it could be headed
> personal, and I don't believe that's in the interest of anyone.
> 
Eh, I feel that's slightly taken out of context, in that we both smiled at
each other during the course of the discussion, and I wouldn't have made
such a long post if I hadn't both respected Vaeth and thought it was a
technical discussion (now that we have project. I'm cross-posting this for
for those who only follow dev; please follow up to project if you wish to
comment further.) I did thank him at the end too, to keep it civil.

Having said that, you're right that it could be read like that, and I
applaud your acting to stop any suggestion of it.

Guess I was being a bit Germanic ;-)