[lbo-talk] How to Deconstruct Almost Anything

[ravi]

At around 21/12/06 8:37 pm, Jerry Monaco wrote:
> On 12/21/06, Andy F <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My apologies if this amounts to thread-flogging, but I'd be curious
>> what others thought of this attempt by a software engineer to make
>> sense of deconstruction with comments on clarity.   There's a
>> Sokalesque prank in the beginning, but then it turns into a good faith
>> effort (though he suggests deconstructing the article as a beginner's
>> exercise).
>>
>> <http://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~pvr/decon.html>
>
> JM: I have read this before and it is worth taking time to read.
> 

There is a very simple test on whether he is worthwhile to read relative
to his claims. It is mentioned that he is a software engineer. The
question then is: does he provide samples of his own code in the
document? Or as Zellberger points out, is he content to play language
games against those whose language is plainer than his?

	--ravi