jim said:
To me the real "interesting" thing is to take a good hard look at P3 and ask if and when the changes made there actually represent "fixes" or if they represent "divergences" -- i.e. are the P3 changes actually making things worse?
well, jim, everyone knows that _sometimes_ a change made by p3 cannot be considered as a "fix" in any sense of the word, since it raises a question instead of giving an answer. sometimes that's productive. sometimes not. but that's not the point of this thread, jim... this thread is one i might decide to pursue if "the art of the book" looks like a book that would be instructive in terms of evaluating the system that i would build based on the lessons taught in the "sweet grapes" thread. i learned some time back that it was useless to discuss d.p. failings, because the powers over there have no interest in improvement. so let's stay on-topic here, ok? -bowerbird p.s. geez, i wrote this last night, intending to send it out this morning, but now i see there has been an explosion of posts since, including by many people in my kill-filter... so i have to decide if i want to wade through that mess, or if i don't wanna waste my time.