From: Nic Ferrier (nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk)
Subject: Re: endless onanism about semantics 
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Date: 2004-09-01 09:16:38 PST 


I don't want to continue this thread either so this is my last mail on
the subject.


Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk@cs.brown.edu> writes:

> The Schemers who "should know better" are trying to preserve the honor
> of the regimen.  If Bill posts drivel and it goes unanswered, there is
> a danger a person subsequently reading the discussion record will
> conclude that Bill was right.  They might even believe Richter's
> original presumption that there are no semanticists on c.l.s, and we
> really do need a "real" mathematician to save us.  Hence, for
> instance, Clinger's FAQ.

Bill is a troll. Trolls can simply be killed. There is no danger
people will see his posts and take notice of them except when sensible
people discuss stuff with him.

I know this because I only recently started reading this group again
after an absence of a few months. I took me 2 days to work out that
Richter really was a troll because smart people keep increasing the
signal of his threads.

If you stop talking to him then my kill file will work properly.


Please. Stop feeding the troll.



Nic