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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e08c98d7ce85399 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: Kindness Date: 1999/09/02 Message-ID: <37cec629@eeyore.callnetuk.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 520285259 References: <37CC6844.AB898EEE@rational.com> <37CE6B50.DE84D0EB@hercii.mar.lmco.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: da133d20.dialup.callnetuk.com X-Trace: 2 Sep 1999 19:47:05 GMT, da133d20.dialup.callnetuk.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Date: 1999-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Hear! hear! ------------------------------------- Nick Roberts http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos ------------------------------------- Jerry Petrey wrote in message news:37CE6B50.DE84D0EB@hercii.mar.lmco.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.