Jenda Krynicky wrote:
From: Canol Gökel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I can't quote the last reply, I guess I have a problem with my newsreader.
But you even call me stupid. I heard before that Perl community is rude,
and now I experienced it myself. I guess Perl community deserves the reputation
of being rude.
I've never heard about such a reputation, except about once every two
years after someone comes with a badly worded question and instead of
receiving a bad but prompt solution, is told that what he says he
wants is either not possible or not possible the way he wants to do
it. The Perl community is obsessed with correctnes and security. So
Well, actually, I have never heard of such a reputation with Perl,
either, but I spent most of my time learning Perl with a book and books
are rarely rude to me. :-)
However, occasionally, I've seen responses to poorly worded questions to
be belittling. So, I can see how a newbie could be easily scared off
like that. On the one hand, the question was poorly worded, but on the
other hand, no one person is obligated to provide a reply. If someone's
question annoys us, we can move on to the next one. In time, either
someone will finally reply or the question will re-appear in a better form.
We have a proverb, in english it would be something like
How you call into the wood, thus it echoes.
Think about it.
I think there is an equivalent in English, but I can't think of it now.
An English proverb that might also be relevant to this discussion is,
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". Also worth
considering...
Ray
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