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[Garrett Goebel]

From: Scott Smith [mailto:scott at roadtoad.net]
> Garrett Goebel wrote:
>
> > I for one like that qmail is simple, small, and fairly straight
> > forward to configure. The learning curve for me was much steeper on
> > Sendmail. But of course, qmail's learning curve is no reason to
> > "switch" if you already know sendmail. Then again, who
> > knows Sendmail?
> > Fairly unscientific, but using the page lengths of the definitive
> > books: 3rd edition O'Reilly Sendmail is what? 1200+ pages whereas
> > "Life with Qmail" is <500.
>
> Should we base the quality of a given spoken or written
> language based
> on the length of its dictionary?

I was talking about the learning curve, not quality...

It is a lot easier to "know" C than C++. I've often heard that anyone who
claims they "know" C++ is lying through their teeth. Because C++ and the STL
is simply too big for any one person to know...

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Garrett Goebel
IS Development Specialist

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