From rmcivor@xxxxxxx.xxxx Thu Apr 22 08:29:50 1999 X-Digest-Num: 121 Message-ID: <44114.121.691.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:29:50 -0400 From: "Robert A. McIvor" William Tanksley wrote: > >> > That's what history looks like from the rear. It didn't happen that way. >> >> That's a newbie's impression gained by reading most of the web pages, >> which is all I have available. I assume from your words that you know how >> it actually happened; I'm all ears. >> >> Such documentation would, I suspect, be a good thing to post on both web >> pages. I suspect that if done right it would help to heal some parts of >> the rift (although as I said before, I don't think the two languages will >> ever merge). > From John Cowan >Or make it worse. The history of a dispute is difficult to write >until all the participants have died off. 1/2 :-) I fear that is so. Any attempt to go into detail would bring contrasting versions from both sides which would not be helpful to any cooperation. Let us just say it happened, both sides probably regret it since the competition discourages the newcomers we need to build up a critical mass of logical language users. Sincerely, Robert A. McIvor (rmcivor@macsrule.com)