I have had continuous membership in ACM since 1970.
I've been renewing for several years out of habit, but this discussion has convinced me not to renew again.
True and false are binary. "True enough" is, ummmm, false. Remember "truthiness"? Beside which, I also think the information about O'Keefe is pretty interesting (note that "interesting" is not binary, so can be qualified that way) and added to the conversation. Calling someone a pedant because he knows more than you is uninteresting.
Some pathological part of the relationship between Apple and MS has neutered Excel on the Mac. It is a pathetic also-ran to the Win version. Just for starters, NO VBA renders it useless for anything involving automation.
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I have had continuous membership in ACM since 1970. I've been renewing for several years out of habit, but this discussion has convinced me not to renew again.
True and false are binary. "True enough" is, ummmm, false. Remember "truthiness"? Beside which, I also think the information about O'Keefe is pretty interesting (note that "interesting" is not binary, so can be qualified that way) and added to the conversation. Calling someone a pedant because he knows more than you is uninteresting.
Some pathological part of the relationship between Apple and MS has neutered Excel on the Mac. It is a pathetic also-ran to the Win version. Just for starters, NO VBA renders it useless for anything involving automation.