On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Walter Landman wrote:
> Dear asshole,
Yes?
> We were all beginners one day.
Yes, for one day I was a beginner. Then I learned. :)
> I remember pulling my hair out for 2 hours wondering why this doesn't
> work..
>
> java HelloWorld.class
Ah, you didn't read, did you?
> I am sure some people on this list might find your questions to be stupid
> and idiotic. Why point the main at java.sun.com? Or tell him to buy a
> book?
Yeah, pointing him at java.sun.com would imply that you're giving him
something (accurate) to read, and what would be the point of that?
> What I would recommend is http://www.orionserver.com/taglibtut/
>
> Your Dear Dummy e-mail sounded something like I would send cause i'm an
> idiot. But that doesn't give you any excuse.
Yeah, Magnus' tutorial is quite good - and very popular, deservedly
so. (Do I get a Toaster, Magnus?) However... the *canonical* place to
start is still java.sun.com, so since I'm in a nitpicky, asshole-ish mood
spurred on by people saying "be kind to people who won't look at the basic
rudiments of what they're trying to use," I'd still point to sun as the
starting point.
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