From: Tim Kynerd <tkynerd@...>
Date: 2003-04-01T03:36:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Hard coded newline characters

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:30:00 +0000, Julian Snitow wrote:

> Tim Kynerd wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:00:29 +0000, Julian Snitow wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Tim Kynerd wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:03:40 +0000, Julian Snitow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
> [snip]
> 
>>>Whether or not one is "in the right" is immaterial; belligerence rarely
>>>inspires others to write code on one's behalf.
>> 
>> 
>> I reread the original post and I cannot honestly see that the original
>> poster was asking for this.
>> 
>> The last sentence of that post is:
>> "Any quick workaround that anyone can provide would be appreciated."
> 
> Hmm.. must've missed that one...
> 

:-)

> 
>> That certainly isn't asking for changes in the way Ruby works. Nor can I
>> find anything in the rest of the post that asks for that. There's a big
>> difference between saying "I don't like the way Ruby works in this
>> regard; is there a workaround?" and "I don't like the way Ruby works in
>> this regard; [please] change it."
>> 
>> Nor do I see anything wrong with responding to belligerence with
>> belligerence. Given that initial response, I didn't see much reason to
>> expect help from that particular quarter.
>> 
>> 
> *shrug*   I guess it depends on how you interpreted the initial response.

I guess so. I found it very rude and felt a rude response was entirely in
order.

Best regards,

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