Re: Too much? (Was: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages)

On 02/04/2024 22:16, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <UzYON.154262$TSTa.122307@fx47.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
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By definition.  Because the definition of "too much" implies having crossed
into the zone of being a bad thing.
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I would like to argue that there are things that there is no such thing as
too much of, but I can't think of any examples off hand.

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Money?

 Think of all those lottery winners whose lives got totally screwed up by
money.
 I'm of the opinion that if I did win the lottery (which I don't play, so
there's no chance of this happening), I'd keep a million or two to live on
(comfortably) and give the rest away (in one fell swoop) to some good
charity.  I wouldn't tell anyone about it.
 

A lot more people think that, than actually follow through when they win the lottery (or other large windfall).  It turns out to be surprisingly difficult to keep it a secret, surprisingly difficult psychologically to give most of the money away, and surprisingly difficult to live happily from a lump sum that you keep.  People do fine when they win a large prize (I guess up to a few $100k) - they pay off their mortgage, buy a fancy car, take a nice holiday.  But prizes of $10M and more usually cause a lot of trouble for the winner.

The hard part, in this day and age where everything is a scam, would be
finding an actually good/deserving charity.
 

One lottery winner managed this.  When he won about £160M in the lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.