From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-01-27T00:18:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Perl vs. Ruby community

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Andy Lester wrote:

>> This is indeed the most generous of forums. I would've been flamed long
>> ago in the Perl world.
>
> I suggest that it's not a feature of Perl per se, but of the larger number
> of people in Perl.  Given a large enough group, you'll always have a
> percentage of people who are jerks.  I've already run into people who've
> treated me poorly because I was new and unfamiliar to them.

in fairness to perl i'd say this is probably true.  on the otherhand i expect
that the ruby community will continue to be kind as a result of the current
community sense of politeness and our desire for a comfortable place to get
ruby help fast and with no bitter after taste.  in summary i think it's up to
us to make sure this community doesn't follow the path of many large
communities: we don't have to accept that large means rude and anonymous.

kind regards.

-a
-- 
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simply reflect on that.
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