On 13-Nov-07, at 1:32 PM, मनीष wrote: >> this I will be more thankful if you will put up your opinion on my >> queries. >> > > What Kenneth meant, I am sure, was that you would be more successful > _in getting your queries answered_. You got him wrong.
actually he got me right. If I have learnt only one thing in my interactions on international foss mailing lists, it is the importance of accuracy and precision in language. Look at the replies given in lists by core developers of practically any project. They use full sentences, carefully crafted and precise. They devote paragraphs to answers where I have been in the habit of using incomplete phrases. They use capitals in the places where capitals should be used - I and not i. I believe this reflects the accuracy and precision of the language they use in coding. And in commenting code. Laziness is an important characteristic of a good programmer - but that is creative laziness - the willingness to do a huge amount of work to avoid writing an extra line of code. The laziness behind using 'u' instead of 'you' is not that creative laziness - it is sloppiness, which manifests itself in innumerable typos in code. The same sloppiness and disregard of the rules of language that manifests itself in sms-speak, will manifest itself in the quality of code that person produces. And if a person respects language and takes pride in using it with accuracy and precision - that will reflect in his code. And he will also get his queries promptly attended to ... -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
