"Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> news:BQOY8.65681$P%6.4412439 at news2.west.cox.net...> >
> > Just by not being that big a negative influence, ALL of the men on this
> > forum accomplish far more than they ever did, every day. On top of
that,
> > what you continue to ignore is that 400 men got patents yesterday, and
the
> > day before, and, ..., the majority of which are far more advanced, far
> more
> > important to society and technological achievement, and require one heck
> of
> > a lot more intelligence, than "inventing" a compiler that she didn't
even
> > get a patent for, half a century ago
http://christianparty.net/patents.htm
>> You are sadly misinformed. The compiler is more important than Microsoft.
> Every contribution to the field by that company is less than that of the
> compiler. The compiler is more important than Sun Microsystems. It is
more
> important than the sum total of contributions of the majority of software
> companies (exlcuding the very big ones, like IBM, AT&T, etc.).
Parse, he just can't face that a woman was responsible for inventing the
foundation which led to future computers which are connected to the Internet
and, by the right of Free Speech alone, allow him to spread his ineffectual
hatred.
I would wager John Knight doesn't even give credit to his mother for bearing
him, giving birth to him, then raising him.
I would also wager that he is rather young and wet-behind-the-ears - and if
not? Oh my goodness John Knight, what a sheltered life you have led.
The Shadow Dancer
