<opinion> I mostly lurk, but just to offer a thought.....this list seems to be created to help - not to chastise, so why put conditions on a request for help? Why try to insure that the person is "worthy" of help?
A signature line on an email said in effect that the best skill a programmer can have is to be able to read. I differ. I think that the best skill a programmer can have is the ability to LISTEN. More bad programs and bad projects won't get done if you have that skill/ability. Check out Matthew 7:9 and Luke 11:11 and no, I'm not religious but AM someone who many times asks questions that are incredibly difficult for me but incredibly easy if you have years of experience. Brain surgery is easy once you know how..... <end opinion> -----Original Message----- From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:03 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Difference between system() and exec() and `` Rob Dixon wrote: > It is entirely possible that the OP had no knowledge of the built in > documentation, True. But you can't seriously mean that we should accept that as a persistent state instead of calling his attention to it?? > or even that he had already read it, failed to understand it Yes, but considering the wording of the original post, that's highly unlikely, so the OP couldn't reasonably be offended by a request to make use of the docs. > The pompous RTFM reply is precisely what Casey was trying to put a > stop to when he initiated this list. RTFM is often _the_ adequate response to a question. It was in this case IMO. Trying to put a stop to requests to use the docs sounds just idiotic to me. > And I wondered if you were really from the Cocos Islands because your > email has a .cc country code. No, I'm from Sweden. But the .se TLD wasn't available to private persons when I registered my domain a few years ago. -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ Portions of this message may be confidential under an exemption to Ohio's public records law or under a legal privilege. If you have received this message in error or due to an unauthorized transmission or interception, please delete all copies from your system without disclosing, copying, or transmitting this message. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
