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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by "Roy T. Fielding" <fi...@kiwi.ics.uci.edu> on 1998/01/29 01:05:42 UTC

Re: Authors needed (fwd)

>Manning Publications needs an author or co-authors for a book that will
>explain Apache's internal workings in language appropriate for computing
>and programming professionals. 

I am holding-out for the book with language appropriate for mold, fungus,
and nematodes.

....Roy

Re: Authors needed (fwd)

Posted by Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>.
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Ben Laurie wrote:

> Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> > 
> > >Manning Publications needs an author or co-authors for a book that will
> > >explain Apache's internal workings in language appropriate for computing
> > >and programming professionals.
> > 
> > I am holding-out for the book with language appropriate for mold, fungus,
> > and nematodes.
> 
> Hmmm ... are you trying to imply that computing professionals are, in
> fact, scum, or merely that the language appropriate for describing
> Apache's guts is automatically appropriate for scum, err, I mean
> computing professionals?
> 

I would agree with both statements.

Nearly anyone who calls themself a "professional" isn't.  <g>


Re: Authors needed (fwd)

Posted by Ben Laurie <be...@algroup.co.uk>.
Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> >Manning Publications needs an author or co-authors for a book that will
> >explain Apache's internal workings in language appropriate for computing
> >and programming professionals.
> 
> I am holding-out for the book with language appropriate for mold, fungus,
> and nematodes.

Hmmm ... are you trying to imply that computing professionals are, in
fact, scum, or merely that the language appropriate for describing
Apache's guts is automatically appropriate for scum, err, I mean
computing professionals?

Cheers,

Ben.

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