* Ethan Furman:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Believe me Alf, the fact that people are taking the time to try to
argue with you instead of just kill-filing you is a compliment.
It's a compliment I am not paying, although I am grateful to those who
are attempting to teach him. At the rate it's going, though, I don't
see myself buying any book he produces.
Besides the arrogant attitude, he is wrong on so many things about
Python it is truly stunning.
That's bullshit. I am probably wrong about many Python things, for this is so no
matter the language and the practictioner, but not any that you know about.
He seems to have confidence born of
ignorance... a scary sight to see.
In the spirit of being helpful and not just being a jerk myself:
Alf,
Using smileys after declaring somebody is mistaken/wrong/etc makes you
look bad.
Not attempting to learn the language makes you look like an arrogant
idiot (case in point: passing-by-object).
Accusing anyone and everyone that criticizes you of making ad hominem
(sp?) attacks makes you look like a whiner.
After all is said and done - if you had a truly good grasp of Python, I
might buy your book even if you still had -- ummm -- a less than winning
presence on the mailing list; but right now your understanding is not
worth paying for.
Hoping-this-helps-but-not-really-expecting-it-to-ly yours,
It's yet another ad hominem attack, which means that you're painfully aware of
supporting an untenable technical position, or supporting a clique of people.
It also reflects rather badly on you.
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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