On 19/04/2011 12:56, Jenda Krynicky wrote:
SF> Well, you are right naturally, but there is no need to be so
SF> rude. Start your email with a greeting, continue with a
SF> compliment, use soft words, etc. Otherwise, you may be scaring
SF> many people away. See some of my advice in:
Try Alcoholics Anonymous. This is not a post-traumatic mutual support
group, this is a technical mailing list! If you can't handle a terse
and to the point reply, you should change the profession and try to
find nicer talking people in the humanities. The catch is that the
emails will start with a greeting, continue with a compliment, use
soft words ... and be empty, empty, empty.
You could have said that it is not a good thing, while being polite and much
less hostile and angry. As it is, you are scaring many people from this list.
As it is, those people should not be doing anything technical in the
first place. The compiler will not start with a greeting and
compliment their hairstyle either.
You really believe that conveying technical knowledge requires rudeness,
sarcasm, and snide remarks? Too many people here seem to think that the
extent of their Perl knowledge entitles them to fits of bad manners and
lazy language. If you struggle to make positive comments as well as
negative ones then perhaps you should stick to writing Perl instead of
trying to teach it.
Nobody likes the pompous selfish drivers on the road that have more
money than wit, and insist on driving their expensive cars badly and
dangerously. They impress no one, and nor do those that are wealthy in
knowledge but challenged in wisdom and common sense that like to post
ridicule and abuse on this list. For goodness sake stop it and try to
write well instead.
Rob
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