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Comment Re:Nothing to do with language (Score 0) 329

It's the parser in the shell itself that has some fundamental flaws because it executes code inside environment variables that are totally unchecked.

Which makes it a bad language, because bash not only allows but *requires* the execution of code inside environment variables.

You could have a brilliant programming language and still make the exact same mistake.

Well, no, because a brilliant programming language would not allow the execution of code inside interpolated environment variables as part of its specification.

Comment Re:I had clients that did this in the 90s. (Score 1) 208

The only simple explanation I see is, the tax is based on the 'value' of the areal, which might be higher if there is a pool.

Which would be exactly correct. Real estate taxes are levied on the appraised value of the real estate, which a pool would increase.

Note that this is even more clear-cut, because we're not just talking about a pool, but a piece of real estate documented to the taxman as a vacant lot with not just a pool, but an entire mansion, which, of course, raises the value of the property by quite a lot.

Comment Re:Can someone explain? (Score 2) 224

How is it logical that he loses his job and now he can't get any job?

Quite logical, really. These days, HR will do a background check on *anybody* they hire. All you need is an Internet connection, after all. When the whistleblowing comes up, the HR guy decides, "He's a trouble-maker. I've got dozens of other resumes. I'll pick somebody who's not a trouble-maker."

Comment Re:Who cares about succinctness .... (Score 2) 165

Poorly done, cryptic succinctness can indeed make code impenetrable. Yet overdone verbosity can destroy readability just as thoroughly. When the language is naturally succinct, it's easy to ensure that it contains enough context to be readable. When the language is overly verbose, you generally can't slim it back down to readable conciseness.

Comment Re:Summary is Troll Rant (Score 1) 795

"It's just the pursuit of truth, which math, peer review, and jargon have no bearing on!"

The guy is a little skewed, but you're putting up a strawman here. He's not saying "have no bearing on" but rather "are not the core of what makes science science, and cannot by themselves make what you are doing science." And that is absolutely correct.

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