From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2004-04-03T22:59:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable names

David King Landrith wrote:

> But (as usual -- and this is the reason I rarely use this 
> list) people seem more interested in pedantry than genuine assistance.  
> Don't get me wrong, the answers are informative and often fill me with 
> awe at vast expanses of knowledge possessed by those that offer them.  
> They just provide both too much and not enough information at the same 
> time, which typically indicates that you're dealing with either an 
> obscurantist (e.g., a politician) or a pedant.

Or that somebody just isn't interested in talking about what you asked, 
either because they don't know or just don't want to talk about this.

That might sound rude, but think about the nature of this mailing list: 
You're not talking to one single person, but many persons. If somebody 
replies to your thread another person might reply to *that* person 
instead of you.

This will of course create responses which don't interest the original 
poster at all, but it will create responses which might interest other 
persons in the group.

So all this is just natural -- don't be amazed or offended by it, 
because obviously not every posting in your thread is directed at you.

Regards,
Florian Gross