----- Original Message ----- From: Dethe Elza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Arthur to Kirby: > Are you a CS type? If so, speak directly. > > If not, why do you feel compelled to speak on their behalf. > > Sorry if I'm mis-reading that, but it looks to me like "shut up," > which I find offensive, even if Kirby doesn't. >
I wasn't asking Kirby to shut up, nor do I think he took it that way. What I was asking him to do was to talk in a voice that was unambigiously his own. Its complicated enough to talk with Kirby, without a sub-text of having a conversation with other people who aren't Kirby, through Kirby - or that at least is what I was trying to say. >Perhaps it > bothered me > more because of this other recent posting: > > Arthur to Vern: > Are you an appointed or self-appointed redactor of all that is > Turtle in the > world of Python? > > Which again, appears to be more of an attack than any attempt to move > the conversation forward. Maybe that is just me? Its not just you. Its me. I was inappropriate, owned up to having been inappropriate, and apologized. That's all I could think to do. Happens to me every decade or so ;). > So, Art, I apologize for my poor communications with you. Obviously > what I've had to say did not come across the way I intended it, and > I'm sorry for that. I don't bear you any ill will, and I certainly > don't care one way or the other how you implement complex numbers in > your apps. It was also a mistake on my part to try to address both a > communication issue on your part that I had trouble with at the same > time as addressing the question you had about your code--I should have > separated those issues (or just not gone there at all). I certainly > did not intend to come across as condescending or rude to you. I appreciate your communication here very much. Thnks, Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig