> That written: Quite some of the rude mails that contained swearwords I > read from you have been about code, not persons. I think this is an > important distinction. I do not have much of an issue with swearing at > code :), especially when it is in some humorous way.
absolutely, and this is one thing that a lot of people are, sadly, trained pretty much from birth to be incapable of understanding: namely the difference between criticism of the PERSON and criticism of the ACTION. (1) "YOU are bad! GO STAND IN THE NAUGHTY CORNER!" (2) "That was a BAD thing to do!" (3) "That hurt my feelings that you did that" the first is the way that poorly-trained parents and kindergarten teachers talk to children. the second is... only marginally better, but it's a start the third is how UNICEF trains teachers to treat children as human beings. > Code quality indeed is important. > As are human interactions. absolutely. it's not about the code, it's always, *always* about people. we just happen to be writing code, but ultimately we are doing so in the service of other PEOPLE. l.
