Sorry, but I agree with the request. One sentence could tell me whether
'pl-ruby' is of interest to me or not. It should be included out of
politeness, to save people having to do work as a result of their posting.
Generally I ignore such postings. If the poster can't be bothered to inform
me what their module is for, why should I be bothered to go look at it?
Regards,
Brian.
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 07:37:52PM +0900, ts wrote:
> When making announcements, please give at least a minimum of info about what
> is announced - e.g.
> pl-ruby, a PostgreSQL Procedure Language binding for Ruby
When making announcements, please give at least a minimum of info about what
is announced - e.g.
pl-ruby, a PostgreSQL Procedure Language binding for Ruby
Why do you think that there is an URL ?
With all due respect to Guy, I have to take sides with Mikkel here.
Newsgroup and mailinglist postings are primarily “push” media, while web
is a “pull” media. It seems strange to push new version number but fail
to include enough information so that a reader can quickly find out
whether he needs or wants to visit the URL.
On a side note, I’ve been thinking the pl stood for Perl or Prolog until
now, and have thus faintfully ignored the posts, but now knowing its a
database thing, I’ve gotten curious.
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On a side note, I’ve been thinking the pl stood for Perl or Prolog until
now, and have thus faintfully ignored the posts, but now knowing its a
database thing, I’ve gotten curious.
I see what you mean. But I was automatically
reminded of PL/SQL (not necessarily a pleasant
memory), so I guess I assumed subconsciously
it was a database tool.
Anyhow, I get the impression that if Guy can’t
post in pure Ruby, he would rather use French.
Personally I am glad I don’t have to post in a
language other than my native tongue.
Maybe we can all post our announcements in a
Ruby-like pidgin from now on:
I also thought it had something to do with Perl.
Is it really that difficult to write a one-sentence description?
If you announce a module, the least you can do is tell us what it’s for.
I too ignore announcements without this most basic information.
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:02:38PM +0900, Kent Dahl wrote:
On a side note, I’ve been thinking the pl stood for Perl or Prolog until
now, and have thus faintfully ignored the posts, but now knowing its a
database thing, I’ve gotten curious.
–
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept.
University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137
On a side note, I’ve been thinking the pl stood for Perl or Prolog until
So did I. I thought it was the Perl to Ruby translator project
becoming reality
Personally I am glad I don’t have to post in a
language other than my native tongue.
Agreed, by which I mean respect to those who do.
Maybe we can all post our announcements in a
Ruby-like pidgin from now on:
plruby.is_a?(database_tool) # true
[…]
I think if people wish to be minimalist then a ‘keywords’ entry such as
Keywords: Database, PostGreSQL
would go a long way to helping people decide whether to followup any
URL reference. The writers don’t have to wrestle with English
grammar, and translation of keywords is “just” a dictionary lookup.
On a side note, I’ve been thinking the pl stood for Perl or Prolog until
now, and have thus faintfully ignored the posts, but now knowing its a
database thing, I’ve gotten curious.
I see what you mean. But I was automatically
reminded of PL/SQL (not necessarily a pleasant
memory), so I guess I assumed subconsciously
it was a database tool.
…
Cheers,
Hal
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waiting to happen.
