----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard W.Gruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WAS "A good book on C programming", now an APPOLOGY
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:12:56 +0100, "SN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> you know, if you wanted to get a developer's opinion, there IS a >"gentoo-devel" list :-P >> this is gentoo-user... > >So you have to be on the developer list to be a developer? Funny very funny. >No. But the attitude of the orignal poster is not exactly nice. Just because >you need some advice it is not a good idea to crosspost to any ng/mailing list >your mind can imagine. The argument of the OP is somewhat silly. Just because >gentoo is (among others) written in C it is not the proper forum to asko for a >C book. Actually I don' t mind such questions if they are not too much, but >he argument is plain silly. With the same argument I can rationalize that I >can ask about motherboards in comp.lang.c++. After all the language C++ >requires some hardware to operate which means that it requires a motherboard >wich means that is the proper ng to ask for motherboard stuff. Apart from that >you probably get better answers if you ask in the right forum. Just because >somebody posts to gentoo-user doesn' t make him a qualified C programmer who >can give good advice about books or related stuff. So posting to gentoo-dev does make you a qualified C/C++ programmer???? Anyone who read a C book can give good advice, why do you have to be a developer to give such an advice, I am a professional developer, but I think also people who are not pros can give good advice, you don't have to be a pro to rate a book. Also most developers on the dev list probably haven't read a book about c++ in years and may not know all cool books that are around, so asking on this list is just as good as asking on the dev list. And he didn't want anything specific, if he asked about a book that covers sheduling in kernel or so he may be better off with dev list, but a general thing like a C book???? I think some people on this list think only newbies watch this list. This list is open for anyone as long as nobody is trying to cuase trouble. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
