On 6/3/07, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you trying to be annoying, or does it just come naturally to you? > > I find Carl hilarious; he makes me laugh and does actually bring up some > good points and foster beneficial discussion.
I don't share your sense of humor. All I hear is someone who is likes to zero in on what amounts to nit picking, and then harp on it endlessly. I agree that some good points are brought up; when the discussion doesn't go the way he wants, though, it gets real whiny real fast. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to write "Get over it!!" but bit my tongue (or actually, my fingers). > > You want font object references; you have them. Many of us like things > > the way they are; that's what got me hooked on Dabo in the first > > place. Yet you want to force everyone to think like you. > > I think he's trying to improve Dabo, while still trying to understand a > lot of it. IOW, Dabo is pretty complex and reducing complex things down > to as simple as possible not only helps one understand better, but it > could also have the beneficial side-effect of improving the product, too. I have no problem with wanting to improve Dabo. If I was a better programmer and understood everything that went into it, I'd want to pitch in, too. But what I see is someone who likes to zero in on one tiny aspect and beat it to death. I'll bet that if he saw the Sistine Chapel ceiling, he'd find something about that to bitch about. It's attitude. I'm amazed at what you and Ed have done, and appreciate how much you've improved my programming life. I can knock out a GUI app in about a tenth of the time it took me when I had to code it in raw wxPython. If I ever thought that something in Dabo wasn't optimal and pointed it out, and either of you explained why it was the way it was, that would suffice for me. I wouldn't continue to whine about it as if I knew what's best. I guess that's what sets me off about Carl's attitude. -- # p.d. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
