Re: Apology to Thomas Jericke (was Re: number, math, and metatable? [RANT])

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2014-05-06 9:33 GMT+02:00 steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com>:

> Absolutely - it's the only way to know whether it's just a cute
> occaisional shortcut or something you'll use all the time.

There's another way. The name people use for it depends not
on what they think of the method but on what they think of the
person applying it. If they like you, it's "learning from experience";
if they hate you, it's "prejudice".

Whatever you call it, it is correct about 95% of the time.