From 6133369304635022540 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,9a6b7da9ba54eaea X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-07-08 10:15:39 PST Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!rfg From: rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) Subject: Re: C++ Language Extensions Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <25937@alice.att.com> <21gqc9$h5v@nic.lth.se> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 16:51:31 GMT Lines: 34 In article <21gqc9$h5v@nic.lth.se> dag@control.lth.se (Dag Bruck) writes: >In rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes: >> >>Hummm.... You're right. How about if we give them all company-paid trips to >>exotic and scenic destinations like Munich and Hawaii along with company-paid >>first class accomodations. (I know. I know. It's a tough job but somebody's >>got to do it. :-) > >Hmmm. San Jose is more exotic than Munich to me (see signature). I >only remember seeing Ron at one meeting, the one in San Jose, but I >could be mistaken. Hummm... San Jose may *seem* exotic, but if you had lived in this area for most of your life (as I have, and as I still do) it would seem pretty bland in comparison to Japan, or Sweden or some of the other interesting places that x3j16 has met or is planning to meet. So anyway, I really would love it if someone would buy me a fully company- expense-paid trip to Japan or Sweden or Munich or Hawaii, but unlike the vast majority of the people on the committee, I have no large company behind me who is willing and able to pay for me to take these little jet-set junkets. (I'm an independent contractor.) I'd gladly cut off my right arm for the opportunity to enjoy the beer halls of Munich, or to swim in the warm clear waters of Hawaii (as I have never been to either of these places) let alone to have someone paying for my time PLUS my expenses while I spend a week arguing my own point of view in x3j16, but alas, I have no such sugar-daddy, so I have to wait for those rare occasions when x3j16 comes to me rather than vise versa. -- -- Ronald F. Guilmette ------------------------------------------------------ ------ domain address: rfg@netcom.com --------------------------------------- ------ uucp address: ...!uunet!netcom.com!rfg -------------------------------