Rick wrote: > Thomas, > > Thank you for this reply. It show me this list *can* be productive. > And your offer to supply the book is extremely generous.
<grin> I'm this list's owner. It is kind of the "job description" to be helpful/productive/etc. > Victor has a lot of knowledge to share. I'm sure of that. But his > frustration with those with less knowledge often shows as being > sarcastic and demeaning. It is counter-productive here. He has his good days. Especially if you ask something advanced'ish. Mostly he's just grumpy, especially around the C camp. Too many beginners wanting to learn C so he yells at 'em to get 'em to switch to C++. Yelling doesn't usually work. (You've got to have one protagonist and one antagonist in every story or it won't be much of a story, right?) > I know there are a lot of posters looking for handouts here. I see it > all the time and it frustrates me immensely. But I simply choose to > ignore the posts and don't reply. Well, mostly. I think I've replied > to a few out of frustration, myself. The group welcome message says something along the lines of "We don't write your homework solutions for you. Do your own homework but we'll help if you get stuck. Supply source code." And they don't bother reading it. > I want to learn from here. That is why I read the posts. > Unfortunately, I can't help much as I'm learning C++ myself although > it's my nature to help where I can. > > I'll read the book. > > Thank you. > > ~Rick You're welcome. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.0 Change tracking and management tool. Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes. Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/
