> Well, I don't know any mechanics *personally*. But I've yet to see a bunch 
> of them get into an irate shouting match about whether an adjustable 
> spanner is better or worse than a well-made fixed spanner. You can see how 
> there would be merits to both, and how some people might prefer one to the 
> other, and they *could* spend months debating it... it's just that they 
> don't.

Believe me, flame wars and "vigorous" debates are not confined to computing 
related subjects.  I suspect you haven't seen such debates simply because 
you mostly frequent computing-oriented newsgroups and forums?  Look up some 
diesel vs petrol threads on car forums, a lot of people get pretty religious 
about that.

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