On 11/04/2012 04:13 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > / ru...@yahoo.com wrote on Fri 2.Nov'12 at 11:39:10 -0700 / > >> (I also hope I haven't just been suckered by a troll attempt, >> windows/unix is better then unix/windows being an age-old means of >> trolling.) > > No, i'm not a "troll". I was just adding my opinion to the thread, I > assumed that was allowed. I didn't say UNIX is better than Windows, > did I; I just feel that Windows is not -- for me anyway -- the most > suitable plaform for learning about the science of computing and > coding, etc... being a computer science student that's the view i > have and share with those I learn with and from. Why must people be > accused of trolling everytime they make a statement that conveys a > preference over one platform or language, for example, than the > other. Provoking someone by labeling them a troll or implying they > might be is a bit childish really.
I deliberately worded my response to avoid calling you a troll but rather just suggested the possibility so a denial without all the indignation would be more appropriate. (And FWIW I agree that "troll" is often used here synonymously with "I disagree with you" but that is not how I used it.) You should realize that a good way to start an endless argument and one that has a long history of being used by trolls is to assert that OS/language/whatever is "better" than some other one in an environment where there are also lots of users of the other one. Substituting "serious" or any other value-laden, unsubstantiatable word for "better" is just a insignificant variation. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
