Re: What is missing from Git v2.0

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Apr 24, 2014, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <87y4yua679.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <5359587cbe1bb_3241f112ecf8@nysa.notmuch>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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> Andreas Krey wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:35:55 +0000, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> ...
>> > Anyway, if you disagree change one of your frequently used passwords to a
>> > chapter of The Lord of the Rings for a day. Let's see if you still think
>> > that.
>> 
>> Proving that one extreme isn't the optimum doesn't prove the other is.
>
> It's called hyperbole, and it's a very common and very effective rhetorical
> device.

Let us conclude this discussion by declaring you the best rhetor then.

-- 
David Kastrup

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