On 2008/4/28 Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > J.C. Pizarro wrote on : > > > > On 2008/4/28 Ben Elliston wrote: > >> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 21:45 +0200, J.C. Pizarro wrote: > >> > >> > Don't be stupid! > >> > >> Could you be a bit more civil, please? It's fairly unusual for people > >> on this list to talk to each other in this way. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ben > > > > Excuse me, i'm not the unique and first person that says you stupid, GCC > > did it too. > > Even if that were so, two wrongs do not make a right.
It's your personal comment. For me, they do not make a right when they are 7 wrongs. > > > The "stupid" word can be a help, not only an offense. > > > > gcc/cp/decl.c: and in case doing stupid register allocation. > > gcc/c-aux-info.c: user may do something really stupid, like > > creating a brand new > > The crucial difference you've overlooked is that all these comments are > describing some /thing/ as stupid, not some /person/. When you want to offer > what you hope will be /constructive/ criticism, try to de-personalise the > issues; it makes for more productive social interactions. What about the stupid user in gcc/alias.c: but stupid user tricks can produce them, so don't die ? But the stupid things are made by humans, never by things. You can't de-personalise the stupid things made by humans, so it's better to say them stupid to persons who did stupid things better than to unfear things. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today....