In article <16a7e301-2e85-47eb-971e-79acc4e07...@b35g2000yqi. googlegroups.com>, gnuist...@gmail.com says... >This makes some sense. He replied on the newsgroup in a lengthy post >that there are sufficient resources out there giving hint that no one >need help me out. Then I was called "lazy" in one email and tersely >given JUST the last name of an author who has many books each many >100s pages, when I asked for a relevant book, as if i am a scholar in >the field, although he did spend lots of words on irrelevant and >unbeneficial things which diminished my enthusiasm. Now, I find out >from you that he has/had a business concern or interest in a company >that is writing/wrote lisp interpreter in C. Correct me if I am making >an error. I dont want to think deprecatingly of any good soul but this >is what i experienced.
No, you're not making a bad judgement. He's not the only one who treats newcomers with disrespect and scorn. Unfortunately many so-called experts in the field look down on newbies and mistreat them (in any programming language forum), forgetting in the process that they were also at a certain time newbies until someone gentle and nice enough teachers took the trouble to educate them. On the other hand there are less neurotic experts out there who are glad to help out someone learning. It's like in some universities, you have the bad "professors" who are freaks (probably they have a lot of problems at home, their wives screwing all the males on the block, daughters drug addicts etc) and want to take their hatred out on you, and you have the good and mentally stable professors who actually deserve their title. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
