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Subject: Re: Newbie needs help
From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen () marnen ! org>
Date: 2010-02-16 16:22:20
Message-ID: af7d660022b27c1d76ce637e119078a2 () ruby-forum ! com
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Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>> Gui Djos wrote:
>> [...]
>>> I should point out, mr. Koser, that your attitude does nothing but
>>> discourage new programmers from learning Ruby. In that sense, as highly
>>> as you may think of yourself, you act as a negative force in the
>>> community. You pull it backwards, which, if my impressions on Ruby's
>>> philosophy are correct, is, to say the least, "very crappy".
>>
>> I gave you help and encouragement to use the Ruby language better. I
>> don't know why you're responding this way.
>
> Because people hate being told they are morons! :-)
True. I didn't think I was doing that.
[...]
> With all due respect to both Matz and you, I believe he has more
> important things to do than police/moderate this forum/mailing list.
I think so too. :)
> Gui
> is right, and your tone in your original response was very harsh and
> condescending. I do believe it was not meant to be, but that is how it
> came across.
It was not meant to be, and I apologize if it came across that way.
[...]
>>> It's not like you ran the code anyways. I thought the error was
>>> obvious: the radices found are incorrect (they're not radices to the
>>> function).
>
> Wait.. Mathematics? Why would I worry about that? I have _computers_ who
> give me the _right_ answer! :p Gui, what's obvious for one person isn't
> obvious for someone else.. :)
Exactly. :)
>
>>
>> Tip for the future: if you post here (or in any similar forum) and just
>> say "it doesn't work", people are not going to be particularly willing
>> to help you. If you get an error, always describe it.
>
> At this point, it's customary to link to ESR's "how to ask smart
> questions", isn't it? :)
I thought about doing that...
Best,
--
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
marnen@marnen.org
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