Christopher Taranto wrote: > Hi Geoff, > >> The *endless* kvetching about posting styles, demands for "proper >> examples" and assorted other crabbiness have just pegged my BS-ometer to >> "full". > > I don't think you should take offense to this.
He does seem a bit touchy doesn't he. :) It's a shame that etiquette and common sense are being put down as things that aren't a good thing. I especially have a problem with the school of thought that a proper failing example isn't the one best suggestion a replier can make. That one guideline by itself has fixed more problems than I could begin to recount and saved endless posts and replies because of a typo or simple logic error that wasn't obvious until the actual code appeared. Not to mention that the OP often finds the problem herself in the process of trying to construct a small failing example. > I initially thought this was overdone but after I stepped back a bit from > it - I appreciate that the people who are answering lots of questions > (Bill is a prime example) have an easier time reading through lots of > emails if they are interspersed. It's again - common sense. If you put your response immediately after what you are replying to it becomes obvious what it is that you're referring to. By removing things that you aren't replying to, you give the reader a chance to read more new info instead of having to pore over things that are not relevant. Top-posting is from the 'me' generation and we have M$ to blame for most of it. If you must top-post at least have the decency to delete the rest and then you won't be top-posting. Hint: Ctrl-A, Del. > Well, I've been on this list for several years (as well as *many* others) > and I don't agree. Programmers are a tempermental bunch sometimes. I > find the same kind of issues on *all* lists to some degree. It just takes > a thick skin - especially when dealing with ASCII :-) I don't think either of the things ascribed by the OP have anything to do with being temperamental - maybe logical or practical would be a better choice. PS: Thanks for your support. :) PPS: You have a slight posting problem yourself in that you removed the attribution so it was impossible to tell who said what in your post without going back to prior posts. This could lead to mistakes by readers in who to respond to or who said what - unlike Geoff and Lyle who properly left them in. :( Think of this as a learning tool and the repliers as teachers. :) _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
