Ben, I mostly agree except on the embarrassing part.
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On Fri, 11 May 2001, Ben Petersen wrote:
> Dr. R>,
> Having embarrassed myself more than once on the list with what I
> _thought_ was a bug, I now spend hours, maybe days, maybe
> more ... before coming here with it.
While i've embarrassed myself many times, I'll still take that
chance for a quick response on this list to see if the
programs buggy or i'm buggy.
My reasoning is twofold:
1) i'm impatient and after a reasonable debugging time, i want
an answer now!
2) if i spend hours or days thrashing with it, when i could
have a solution (embarrassing or not), then i'm making
RBASE look bad.
In my environment, i'm a lonely Rbaser. I keep telling people
how fast and easy Rbase is, so i don't want my stubbornness
getting in the way of progress. (No, i'm not calling you stubborn.)
In fact, once again i am joined in battle with mainframe ISers
who can't do really simple things that in Rbase are a snap,
but refuse to change. They're the ones who should be embarrassed.
