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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: anon@anon.org (anon) Subject: To new TROLL named Georg Bauhaus Reply-To: anon@anon.org (anon) References: <1188809249.040351.100160@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1189000213.2630.137.camel@kartoffel.vocalweb.de> X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 2.0 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.64.128.178 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1189003248 12.64.128.178 (Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:48 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:48 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1755 Date: 2007-09-05T14:40:48+00:00 List-Id: 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! And if you get confursed THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM not anyone elses! You may need to learn how others ask questions. Even if the world spoke a Single World Language there will still be confusion, JUST DEAL WITH IT! If you do not own the Forum or Newsgroup then the best policy is keep your DICTATOR TRASH ideas to yourself! DUDE! In <1189000213.2630.137.camel@kartoffel.vocalweb.de>, Georg Bauhaus writes: >On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 12:36 +0000, anon wrote: > >> since the original >> poster in this case, used the word 'Generic' that means that if I change >> the word it might confuse her. > >Right, this is why I suggested that the confusion might >best be removed by mentioning the misunderstanding >in your program or near it. Like, "you called it generic, >maybe because ..., but in Ada, generic means something >different. So it is better to not call it generic and >instead use ..." >(You would have used that other, correct, word in your >comment next to the access to subprogram type.) > >This would have cleared up the situation for her and >for everyone else: > >(a) She would have known that generic means something > different in Ada. Now she would have to figure that out > herself (if necessary), in part because your comment > confirms her misleading use of the word. This might > leave one task open that could easily have been closed. > >(b) Everyone else would have said, Ah, I see. And > presented more helpful pointers. > > >> Plus, like all of us we use the >> semantics and slang that we know and sometime it can be confusing >> to others, but to keep the peace we must all learn to get over that. > >It is a plus if you learn how to denote things not just using >slang but also using words that are slightly more formally correct. >That's one way of reducing confusion. > >