>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Scott <pe...@psdt.com> writes:
Peter> No, it's the difference between the implication being "I think" and "I Peter> know." When Randal doesn't qualify his information in a Perl posting, Peter> it means he's certain, and for a teacher, author, and expert to make a Peter> public statement with certainty means they're staking their Peter> professional reputation on the quality of the answer and you can place Peter> an enormous amount of faith in its accuracy. Thanks Peter, saying the same thing I also just posted, but better. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/