Limin Fu wrote: > To Tim Greer and others: > > Some people may think this kind of announcement are off topic in a > group for another language. This is not exactly true. This is still > about programming, there are so many programmers out there, who knows > if there would be somebody interested in a new language. This > announcement does not mean to threaten any language, I don't even > think it is somewhere close to that. So take it easy.
I don't see it as a threat at all (I'm not sure how you read that from what I said), and I honestly don't care that much, but it seems pretty odd to post about a completely different language in groups that have no relation. Imagine people posting announcements about languages, modules, extensions, etc in other language groups as they happened, we'd see 1/2 the group's posts containing that sort of information. You posted in the Python, Perl and Ruby groups, and it just seemed (was) inappropriate and not a good way to get people interested (it can be a turn off to see what could be considered spam). Just because it's another language doesn't make it on topic. There are over a hundred of them out there, and even more derivatives and it's just not usually appreciated (though I don't pretend to speak for anyone else, but it's a pretty accurate observation). I don't assume ill intent by you, but it was questionable about why. Anyway, it's not a knock on the language, I just don't think the Perl, Ruby or Python groups are relevant (but maybe some people will find it interesting and be glad you did -- of course, that could be said of any post about anything). -- Tim Greer, CEO/Founder/CTO, BurlyHost.com, Inc. Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated & Semi-Dedicated servers and Custom Hosting. 24/7 support, 30 day guarantee, secure servers. Industry's most experienced staff! -- Web Hosting With Muscle! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
