The gcc thread. The advice is to NOT use strange optimizations. The experience supports that advice. This is similar to people not following a recipe and complaining that the recipe doesn't work.
This thread is started by someone with a degree in "teaching computer science", who is afraid to teach. There is an old saying, "When in Rome do as the Romans". Seems incredibly stupid to go to Rome and tell the Romans how they ought to behave. Of course they react. In terms of damaging tender young minds, your "little social experiment", presented as if it had any redeeming virtues, probably does the most damage. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of -f Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 7:52 AM To: OpenBSD Subject: Re: heal the world, and misc@ [strictly coffeetime reading] hi there, for those who did not delete another post w/this subject: i am mostly impressed by the answers, positive, negative. my little social experiment reaffirms the following: it is not threads like i started which add too much noise to the list. it's the answers. this thread contains almost all of the archetypal answers one can get: -the fuck off style -i agree but why starting this -i disagree but why starting this -you are a troll -long live anarchy -stop this thread -you are full of shit because you provided only your initials -etc, etc. very few of them actually add anything meaningful. all these people could have flamed me offlist, because they do precisely know how much the others are not interested in it. my very favourites are "stop this thread", adding the most noise w/o any real meaning. some other remarks: -instead of nazis, terrorists are the next favourite target group -there is always someone telling you "run a spelcheker, idiot" (probably never heard of dyslexics) let me try again, because i love you all: please, reread the thread about the gcc stuff. before reading it, forget that you are member of this list, that you know the stuff you know about openbsd. imagine a friend sent it to you for amusement. what would you think about this list in general? i know i can't change people, and don't want to, that's why i do NOT teach (spare me the "you always change people stuff", and go read amok by stefan zweig), all of you who were kind enough to "enlighten" me how pointless my post was, here is a surprise: it wasn't. it shows just how much everyone want to see his/her name in the list, even when adding nothing to the thread. could have told me offlist. be polite, learn to ignore, or do the thing offlist. that was my message most of you missed. anyway, i will now go back and do what i advised. i will answer you offlist, or ignore you. thank you for ignoring me. -f -- you will become rich and famous unless you don't.
