From: Chad Perrin Date: 2007-07-16T06:54:36+09:00 Subject: Re: I need serious help! On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 06:29:22AM +0900, Peter Seebach wrote: > In message <47ee04ed7a2708c7cc3a72eb14f36cc2@ruby-forum.com>, Joe Wiltrout writes: > >Who you calling a troll? > > I think he was calling you a troll. > > >Yall were like " Do the Hello World for the > >rest of your life. Then when you are reincarnated as the 356 king of > >Pakistan, you can program it to say 'You suck Hello World'." Well ya > >know what? I found a much funner thing that is so much better than > >Ruby.(in my opinion of course). You guys might like waiting 40 years to > >make something, but I don't. > > Hyperbolic language is often considered a sign of trolling. I would have > suggested you stick with simple programs for, you know, a few DAYS, but > actually stick to 'em until you understand what's going on. More to the point, posting to a list dedicated to a specific subject about how stupid that subject is, and how much better other subjects are, is *very* indicative of trolling. That applies here, with comments about how Ruby isn't any good but Java (of all things) is so much better, especially for someone new to programming. > > Many of us would still be waiting if we were gonna wait 40 years to make > something. I'm not even 40 yet. :) I suppose I should stop writing code. My forty years haven't passed yet either. > > Good luck with your programming, but if you're not doing Ruby, could you > maybe, you know, ask about it elsewhere? If you decide to do C, there's > comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c.moderated, open for asking questions. I'm sure > there's Logo groups, and there's TONS of Java groups. There's at least one for Logo. I was on that list once upon a time. It didn't really suit my needs, though. > > See, one of the reasons people are thinking of you as a troll is that you're > posting tons of stuff in a Ruby group that *isn't about Ruby in any way*. > Not very courteous. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Phillip J. Haack: "Productivity is not about speed. It's about velocity. You can be fast, but if you're going in the wrong direction, you're not helping anyone."