From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ebdc5ed511896a0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!62.111.101.3.MISMATCH!news.germany.com!storethat.news.telefonica.de!telefonica.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: To new TROLL named Georg Bauhaus From: Georg Bauhaus In-Reply-To: References: <1188809249.040351.100160@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1189000213.2630.137.camel@kartoffel.vocalweb.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1189015847.2630.228.camel@kartoffel.vocalweb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:10:47 +0200 Organization: Arcor NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Sep 2007 20:10:06 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: c41a3adb.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=]F\37GU^j^UI?44J>Z[:RQic==]BZ:af^4Fo<]lROoRQ4nDHegD_]RUGoCaH On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 14:40 +0000, anon wrote: > I guess I will put you into the TROLL package with Markus E L > > You should NEVER tell someone in a Forum or Newsgroup that is visted by > the world, how to ask a question. They will ask how they understand the > the idea and in the way they can. Plus, you can always skip the post! (I suspect a few cultural misunderstandings in this--please consider I'm German and as such insufficiently restrained in NG discussions-- there is no excuse.) I should have expressed myself more clearly. I'm not asking anyone to ask questions so that I can understand them. Good heavens! I did suggest, even though you didn't ask me to do so, that *answering* the question can include an option to just provide that additional bit of information to the OP that will help avoid future misunderstandings on either side. There is of course absolutely nothing wrong with asking a question using whatever words one has available! However, I do think that *without* additional explanation, it is really doing a disservice when an answer calls an access type declaration a "generic statement" even when this is only done to refer indirectly to the OP's question. I shouldn't have told you what to do, though. Sorry if that comment hurts you. > Even if the world spoke a Single World Language there will still be > confusion, JUST DEAL WITH IT! Yes, certainly. However, IMHO, dealing with confusion in a NG does not always entail the silence and confirmative attitude you have to adopt when a superior asks you a question using technically unusual words. Again, nothing wrong with the question! And it is my task trying to understand the question. In a NG, there is a chance to provide information about words used in the question in addition to confirming the question, even when it contains a few bits that sound like a correction. I'll try to be more considerate in the future.