Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })

On 13/05/2025 06:42, Tim Rentsch wrote:

Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
 

On 12/05/2025 15:19, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>

It strikes me that you have a rather self-centered view of the
world.

>
So do you.  So do I. So does everybody else.  Your eyes are at the
precise centre of your observable universe.

 I think you have misunderstood me.

I hope so, because the alternative is unpalatable.

(At some later time I may have more to say about your other
comments, but it seemed important to respond to this part
more promptly.)

I think you chose the least important part to respond to, so maybe you have misunderstood me, too.
I was trying to defend an honourable man from what seemed to me to be an unfair and unnecessarily unkind observation. The paragraph you quote above acknowledges that in some literal sense your accusation of self-centredness is accurate, and so implies by omission that the more metaphorical sense that I think you intended is /not/ accurate.
A fine distinction, some might say. But that's what the other paragraphs were for.
Keith's a big lad. He doesn't need me to defend him. But neither does he need you to attack him.
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