Michelle Rogers wrote: > > The point is...if you're wanting to help beginners....be nice....don't jump > down their throats....I'd prefer not to have that type of help. Use Charles > K. Clarkson, as an example. He said the exact same thing, but said it in a > way that it should be said to beginners. I guess I'm taking it upon myself > to say this because I don't intend to stay in this group (and may have > decided not to this morning, after that message, if I hadn't already decided > that)...I've decided to use euphoria instead of perl for what i'm doing. > And, i guess i'm thinking that someone needs to protect the "young and > innocent". That person that you just jumped down their throat may have > been the person who was going to code the greatest software the world has > ever seen.....but the way that was handled...they may give up and never try > again. > > Golden Rule: Do to others, as you would want them to do to you. > And while you might argue that you would want people to point out things to > correct, if it were you, I'd daresay that you also would want them to do it > nicely.
Ah yes, good advice. I try to set a good example by not TOP POSTING but some people just don't "GET IT" (whatever IT is.) Most times it is very hard to teach people over a text only medium especially when you are trying to teach people who don't know what they don't know. :-) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
