From: Jerry Petrey <gpetrey@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Kindness
Date: 1999/09/02
Date: 1999-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37CE6B50.DE84D0EB@hercii.mar.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37CC6844.AB898EEE@rational.com
Mark Lundquist wrote:
>
> I hate to see people get trashed on for asking an innocent question!
>
> A while back, a guy posted to this group with a question about how to do
> something (or not do it) in Ada. One respondent, a respected expert in
> the Ada community, replied with a post that was pretty thoroughly
> contemptuous and condescending.
>
> I don't get it! The guy asking the question was willing to expose his
> ignorance, and he put the question clearly and courteously. So why the
> insults? I felt bad for the guy who asked the question and embarassed
> by this response. Also, it was a great opportunity to point out some of
> the clear advantages of Ada, but it went to waste 'cause now that guy
> will probably go away thinking of Ada as the Language Of Buttheads.
Agreed! It doesn't help the Ada cause much to react that way. Except
for those who are just looking for someone to do their homework
assignment, I think we should do our best to give useful help. Even
in those cases we can give polite suggestions to get them to do the
work and really learn something.
Jerry
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Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-31 0:00 Kindness Mark Lundquist
1999-09-02 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey [this message]
1999-09-02 0:00 ` Kindness Nick Roberts
1999-09-02 0:00 ` Kindness Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Andy Askey
1999-09-05 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
1999-09-07 0:00 ` Kindness Andy Askey
1999-09-07 0:00 ` Kindness Bill Findlay
1999-09-02 0:00 ` Kindness Marin David Condic
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Geoff Bull
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Aidan Skinner
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-04 0:00 ` Kindness Aidan Skinner
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Marin David Condic
1999-09-06 0:00 ` Kindness Bill Findlay
1999-09-06 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
1999-09-07 0:00 ` Kindness Marin David Condic
1999-09-07 0:00 ` Kindness Bill Findlay
1999-09-06 0:00 ` Kindness Geoff Bull
1999-09-05 0:00 ` Kindness Aidan Skinner
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Marin David Condic
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness tmoran
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Marin David Condic
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-04 0:00 ` Eight Queens problem (was Re: Kindness) Daryle Walker
1999-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-06 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-09-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-07 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-08 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
[not found] ` <37D55622.69B27515@rational.com>
1999-09-07 0:00 ` Homework " Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Homework Mark Lundquist
1999-09-03 0:00 ` Kindness Matthew Heaney
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Kindness James William Zuercher
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Kindness Mark Lundquist
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Kindness Robert Dewar
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