Re: Feature request for V

R. Dan Henry wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:40:18 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Doull
<andrewdoull@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2007-04-27 01:10:04, R. Dan Henry <danhenry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, it does. It *can* also be a reference to Swift intended, like his,
to be ironic, but the default interpretation must be the literal one.
This is exactly the sort of thing that doesn't work well in text
communications.
Which is why Swift didn't write his proposal down anywhere.

Okay, okay. In short, unnuanced text communications. Swift had to write
a full essay (and there were people who did react as if he was serious).
There wasn't any clear indication of ironic intent in

:This feature is tentatively scheduled in V3.0.8, as a modest proposal.

That's where I would disagree. I have yet to see *anyone* use the term "modest proposal" without meaning it in the Swiftian sense, so as far as I'm concerned simply using that term is an "indication of ironic intent."

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