On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Brandon McCaig wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Chap Harrison <c...@pobox.com> > wrote: >> Then, add something to the effect that part of the purpose of >> the list is to acquaint beginners with the culture of advanced, >> professional programming; > > Is that the purpose of this list? It's a beginner's list.
That's what I understand Randal Schwartz to be saying earlier in this thread: On 11-04-19 06:25 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > Here (and on monks and usenet and now StackOverflow), I'm (often) > reacting to bad code. And I make no apologies for saying code is bad or > wrong or illpurposed or a security threat, if that's indeed what it is, > and I also believe that the person who creates such code needs to > understand that in *no* uncertain terms. Softening the blow does nobody > any good there. Weaselwording is counterproductive. > > If they don't have a thick skin already, they'd better get one soon, or > they'll be useless as an advanced programmer. Without thick skin, they > won't be able to submit their code for review regardless of how much > their ego is invested in it. And down that path lies security breaches > and thedailywtf.com submissions. I have no tolerance for that. I'm > trying to make the world a better place, one correction at a time. :) > Chap -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
