From: "Brandon J. Van Every" Date: 2003-08-21T01:29:22+09:00 Subject: Brandon's personal style (was) Ben Giddings wrote: > Brandon J. Van Every wrote: >> Yes it is, when it comes from people who aren't trying to be >> helpful. And as I said, I just went through a whole pack of those >> in comp.lang.python. > > Have you ever considered that if people don't react well to you, that > maybe it's you, and not them? I don't mean to offend, but maybe your > approach is just too aggressive/hostile. But nothing was aggressive/hostile to begin with. I only started getting aggressive/hostile when certain people started asking that I stop posting. One very rudely, as far as I'm concerned. Really, [DROSS] :-) is friendly? All I did before, was ask questions that have controversy surrounding them. I noticed nobody had a problem when *Python's* deficiencies were being discussed. ;-) It was only a matter of time before we'd get around to "Well, what about Ruby?" Surely Ruby isn't perfect.... > I've found that it often pays > to lurk on a list for a while, read the archives, and get a sense of > things before posting. That way, you avoid asking frequently asked > questions, bring up unrelated discussions. But those are benefits to the Ruby community, not to me. Why am I supposed to do things only for your community's benefit? Because you prefer it that way? -- Cheers, www.3DProgrammer.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA 20% of the world is real. 80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads.