This will be my last comment on this topic.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 05:47:17PM -0700, Ashley Whetter wrote:
>    No matter what's being said, it can always be worded respectfully. If
>    someone came and asked this question in person, would you sarcastically
>    tell them to try googling it? Probably not. 

There was nothing sarcastic in my response. I meant every word of it 
exactly as I said it. I answered Alexander's question about string 
similarity, and gave a technically better answer than those who just 
named Levenshtein distance as if it were the only option.

And I didn't *just* answer his question, I gently gave a mildly-worded 
answer: do your research first next time. I didn't insult him, or call 
him names, or even call him out for disrespecting everyone's time.

It surely took Alexander much longer to type up his email and send it to 
the list than it would have taken him to google "string similarity". It 
is not just for our benefit, but his too, that he should do his own 
basic research before asking questions.


-- 
Steven
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