From: Robert Dober Date: 2007-04-27T17:05:18+09:00 Subject: Re: C++ code into Ruby, I need it fast, no time for RTFM On 4/26/07, Chris Carter wrote: > On 4/26/07, Michael T. Richter wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2007-25-04 at 21:12 +0900, David Jones wrote: > > > > There are still ways to ask for things. > > > > > > And those ways vary by culture. Andrei is painfully obviously not a > > native English speaker. Cut the guy some slack. What happened to the whole > > "Matz Is Nice So...." meme that supposedly dominates this community? > > > > -- > > *Michael T. Richter* (*GoogleTalk:* > > ttmrichter@gmail.com) > > *A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into > > beginner and expert subsystems. (Jef Raskin)* > > > > > I agree, this mailing list seems to be getting a lot more hostile towards > people new to ruby. Posting a link to google or how to ask questions, or > making a snide remark about how they format their messages is not going to > get people into ruby. I know if someone just posted a link to google with > nothing else if I asked a question about a new language, I would be turned > off from it, even if I could have asked it better. Hmm are you not exaggerating a bit? I was *very* amused that OP got answers at all! Personally I feel that this is still a great community and that this community should not stretch to be more popular at any cost. I had pretty much preferred to ignore that post but others decided, very honorably, to tell OP to change his attitude if he wants to obtain something. I think that your statement "could have asked it better" is the euphemism of the month ;). Cheers Robert -- You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? -- George Bernard Shaw