Re: else ladders practice

Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

On 30.11.2024 05:40, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
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On 30.11.2024 00:29, Tim Rentsch wrote:
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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On 28/11/2024 17:28, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
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But we're speaking about compilation times.  [...]

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You can make a similar argument about turning on the light switch
when entering a room.  Flicking light switches is not something you
need to do every few seconds, but if the light took 5 seconds to
come on (or even one second), it would be incredibly annoying.

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This analogy sounds like something a defense attorney would say who
has a client that everyone knows is guilty.

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Intentionally or not;  it's funny to respond to an analogy with an
analogy. :-}

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My statement was not an analogy.  Similar is not the same as
analogous.

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It's of course (and obviously) not the same;  it's just a
similar term where the semantics of both terms have an overlap.
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(Not sure why you even bothered to reply and nit-pick here.

It's because you thought it was just a nit-pick that I bothered
to reply.

But with your habit you seem to have just missed the point;
the comparison of your reply-type with Bart's argumentation.)

If you think they are the same then it is you who has missed the
point.