From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-02-11T21:39:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Exit method?

2010/2/11 Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@marnen.org>:
> Eric Christopherson wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@marnen.org>
>> wrote:
>>> If you need to ask the mailing list a question like this, then you are
>>> not ready to be writing Ruby tutorials. �Sorry, but that's the way it
>>> is.
>>
>> That's a little harsh, although it would probably be true if the
>> poster was actually *writing* the tutorial. I thought that on first
>> reading too, but after I read it again I figured he meant he was
>> writing a program as a solution to a problem in a tutorial he's going
>> through.
>
> Oh, if that's the case, then yes, my response was uncalled-for.  I did
> interpret the OP's original post as saying he was *creating* a tutorial.

I am not a native speaker but actually that is exactly what he wrote:
"I am [...] writing a program in ruby that serves as a tutorial for
absolute beginners."

I do agree to your statement although I found it to be harsh as well.
It's probably your concise style of writing.  :-)

Kind regards

robert

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