On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:09 PM, David Southwell
It still seems no one has taken the point.. all this discussion about another
list seems to get lots of enthusiatic off topic discussion going about
another list when straight forward on topic requests for information go
unanswered by the community.It seems there is more interest in debata than mutual support.
Call it meta-discussion (i.e. discussion about how posters should
discuss). Wrong thread, but good intentions.
Todd
It still seems no one has taken the point.. all this discussion about
another
list seems to get lots of enthusiatic off topic discussion going about
another list when straight forward on topic requests for information go
unanswered by the community.
"I resemble those remarks!" (-somebody) I saw the question that (was it) you
or somebody else posted. I could offer no help, so I didn't. (I don't
recall much about the question, it was in a Windows context, which I don't
run anymore, but even so, I had no help to offer·
Randy Kramer
On Monday 11 August 2008 01:09 pm, David Southwell wrote:
I was always picked last at kickball.
Todd
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
In any case, please try to avoid playing gestapo, Ruby Secret Society,
and what notYou're not a member? Must not be cool enough...
My fault. I should have change the subject line when I posited the
idea. My apologies -- little too late to fix now though.
T.
On Aug 11, 4:04 pm, "Todd Benson" <caduce...@gmail.com> wrote:
Call it meta-discussion (i.e. discussion about how posters should
discuss). Wrong thread, but good intentions.
Alright! That's more like it!
Well, this thread WAS hijacked, but it seems to have spawned a good
discussion and that's more than it was really worth anyhow.
@Matz and @Peter Hickman
The Python jab was trolling, I'll admit it. I definitely won't say that
I know Python, I know enough to think that the indent-block syntax is
neat and that being required to pass "self" to instance methods is not.
I just wanted to say "hello" to the group. Totally posting my ego and
little more. I found my 'hello' program a little more clever than most
'hello world' programs and was testing the community a little by
trolling it and seeing what would happen.
I will say that I'm impressed that I didn't get any flames and not only
that, but my pretty useless thread became a legitimate discussion. I
applaud you all.
I hope, in time, I will be able to contribute to this community and help
build what we all know is great.
P.S. I'm all for a beginner's list. I feel I fit in between and I
believe that's why it would work. I definitely know enough to help
beginners out, but I don't know enough to consider myself a pro, but
when I need help I would turn to the pro list for my answers. I believe
that there are many 'intermediate' Rubyists, like myself, that would tie
the two lists together and bring a separation-of-concerns to this
growing community.
--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
I do that all the time. But, I'm a little weird. I'm a fan of set
theory and organization, but still believe the best thread is the one
that runs its crazy course. In fact, I would go so far to say, that's
where I learn the most.
Todd
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
My fault. I should have change the subject line when I posited the
idea. My apologies -- little too late to fix now though.
I do not think that a beginners list is a good idea. It smacks of a crèche, a place where children are put to keep them from bothering the grown-ups. Although I do not answer many questions and am probably responsible for upsetting the boat more often than not I will help if I can but I would not join a list that does nothing for me. Selfish I know but I have no interest in reading a list that does not interest me. Also people on the beginners list would miss out on all the conversation that grown-ups were having.
I used to read Scientific American and Nature as a kid, it took two years of reading Scientific American before I became literate enough to learn things (five for Nature). But being over my head was a great learning experience, you just don't get that in a crèche.
