Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Column writing is like gas - it fills the available space.
Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.
If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
My first records are integral because I made them, you know, and I'm going to learn from those mistakes.
They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right.
It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.