No, I've got to disagree with you. RTFM is not a valid post to this
list. If you feel the need to say RTFM (and I have occasionaly) then
say RTFM loudly to your computer and don't post. It is appropriate to
post something along the lines of "Have you read perldoc -f chomp?" But
RTFM is a pointless, insulting thing to say. What if this person didn't
know perldoc -f existed? I didn't until I started reading the list.
The purpose of this list (as far as I understand it) is to make newbies
better perl programmers. How does telling a newbie to Read The Friggin'
Manual achieve this if the newbie doesn't know what the manual is?
On 26 Jun 2001 15:51:34 +0100, John Edwards wrote:
> No. I've got to agree with Chris on this. It's not like he's asking what
> bless does or something equally in-depth. Any basic perl tutorial will
> explain what chomp is, and what it does.
>
> This isn't a mailing list to teach people perl. It's a list where people can
> get help about perl (yes, newbies to perl, but hopefully not lacking some
> common sense and/or brains). There is a difference.
>
> Asking for help sort of requires that you've tried phase one (Trying to
> solve the problem yourself) and phase two (searching the internet for a
> solution, after all www.google.com is a wonderful thing) and were just about
> to enter phase three (repeatedly banging your head against your desk in the
> vain hope that either you'd have an epiphany or your boss would take pity on
> you and extend the deadline) when you though "I know, I'll mail the
> Beginners list at Perl.org. Maybe someone there can help"....
>
> Rant over.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald J. Yacketta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 June 2001 15:36
> To: Chris Hedemark; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: chomp ?
>
>
> OUCH!
>
> some people just need a gentle slap to get them going.. kind of like a
> newborn ;) slap them on the arse to get them breathing.
>
> This was overkill ;) more like a boot to the skull!
>
> take it easy bubba :)
>
>
> > I'm usually the last person to say this (in fact I think it is
> > the first time I've ever ever felt the need to say this) but "RTFM".
> >
> > If you can't find this on your own you are either too lazy to
> > warrant help, or too dumb to absorb the help that is given.
>
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