The generics of translation

[Matt Mackall]

On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 22:59 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> On 2012-07-02 22:46, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 21:20 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> > 
> >>> Instead, you're practically painting me as someone who insists on
> >>> English just because he arbitrarily hates foreigners or something.
> >>> Thanks!
> 
> > .. I'm just noting that what you wrote can easily be read in a very
> > unflattering way.
> 
> >From my point of view, that's a pretty stupid way of interpreting what I
> wrote, which only someone would do who would like to make the impression
> that I was actually trying to do that.

If you get an email the length of the last from me, it's safe to presume
I've spent at least an hour writing it. If you spend less than a minute
understanding it, you've probably missed the nuance and wasted my
effort. Expect one-sentence messages in the future.

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Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.