Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 24)

2005-05-25 Thread Steven Bethard
Simon Brunning wrote: > On 5/24/05, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> General principle: if in doubt about the significance of an item in >> "Python-URL!", assume that it's intended in a constructive way. > > I find that if you make the same assumption about c.l.py in general, > you are

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 24)

2005-05-25 Thread Simon Brunning
On 5/24/05, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > General principle: if in doubt about the significance of an item in > "Python-URL!", assume that it's intended in a constructive way. I find that if you make the same assumption about c.l.py in general, you are seldom wrong. That's a big part

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 24)

2005-05-24 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rocco Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Simon Brunning wrote: >> QOTW: "If you're sick of answering newbie questions, and don't think you >> can do so politely, for the sake of the community, DON'T! You're not that >> necessary." - Joal Heagney > >Taken out of co

Re: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 24)

2005-05-24 Thread Rocco Moretti
Simon Brunning wrote: > QOTW: "If you're sick of answering newbie questions, and don't think you > can do so politely, for the sake of the community, DON'T! You're not that > necessary." - Joal Heagney Taken out of context, Joal's comments might seem a bit rude and abrasive - I don't think they