From: Thomas Adam Date: 2004-01-25T22:17:39+09:00 Subject: Re: perl bug File::Basename and Perl's nature --- gnari wrote: > "Xah Lee" wrote in message > news:7fe97cc4.0401242131.22acf485@posting.google.com... > > Just bumped into another irresponsibility in perl. > > > [snipped rand about File::Basename docs] > > > ... > > Why the fuck do i need to know what is version, or examination what?? > > Not every morons in this world is using unix with its morinic > > convention of appending things to file names as a versioning system, > > and not every moron in this world need to "exam" things. > > you are right. the docs do not seem to address the > needs of morons. there sould be a shorter version of > the docs, specially for morons, with each example > if larger font, repeated 10 times. It'a not that, what makes me laugh is: "When I read a word I don't understand, I write it down. I aspire to be the greatest nerd" -- Xah Lee. Presumably, if the documentation for whatever it was never existed, he would not be the toss..umm, nerd, that he aspires to be today? Just a thought. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net " We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html