> Why was the reaction so negative? Well i will admit some fault in the > fact that i trashed Ruby pretty bad. I felt everything i said was true > IMO then as is now (mostly). People should have a right to opinions. > However since i was such an "unknown" and you could say a "newbie", > was this reaction warranted? I think not, and it speaks volumes to the > negative attitudes within this community.
While I'm not new to software development in other languages, I'm completely new to Python and the Python community. I've only been here about a week and have asked some pretty elementary questions during that time only to be greeted respectfully and offered help. >From reading the posts on this group, it seems like the Python community is much like any other programming (or even just volunteer community): they're helpful if you show you're willing to do the work yourself and if you show you've at least tried to solve the problem yourself to a degree (even if you've failed). Volunteer communities have little patience for the 'do it for me' mindset as *everyone* is busy with jobs, life, and their own pet projects. Overall, I couldn't disagree with you more. I find most communities (and the c.l.p community in particular) *very* accessible and very helpful. On the other hand, I *could* see how your post could scare off newbies from jumping in for fear of being 'attacked' as you say you were. IMHO, your posts serves no purpose but to hurt the community and scare away newbies. Anthony Papillion -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
