Well, Yves, we can't know since the question in question was about Scala not Haskell. I think some respondents are confusing the sensed of "ignorant" conveyed with the objective condition of a lack of knowledge. In any case, IMHO IRC or some other similar real-time venue and not a mailing list is the proper place for such queries.
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Yves Parès <limestr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Why did you ask a question which you yourself characterize as "ignorant"? > > Juan, I think it is the kind of question whose answer is obvious to people > with at least a little practice of the language. > For instance, one of my friends asked me once why the operation of > calculating the length of list has an O(n) complexity, since to his opinion, > you could just store the size inside the list and increment it when elements > are appended. Once you got the clue about lazy lists, the answer is obvious > [1], but to a Java-trained mind, it is right it can at first sight seem like > a lack of optimisation. > > I'm curious Gregory, what was the question you asked and how were you > brushed off? And what are those troubles the Scala community is undergoing? > It would be a real shame if the Scala community wasn't up to its terrific > language... > > [1] And if it is not, then to find it your homework shall be ;) > > 2011/5/24 Juan Daugherty <j...@acm.org> >> >> Every computing culture is different. >> Being in the habit of asking questions you should be able to answer >> yourself >> is not a good idea. Why did you ask a question which you yourself >> characterize >> as "ignorant"? Although Haskell comm. is necessarily welcoming due to >> the learning curve and lack of popular adoption there are limits here too. >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:34 AM, max ulidtko <ulid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 2011-05-23 22:10 -0700, Gregory Crosswhite: >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> >> >> Okay, this will sound silly, but I ventured into the Scala mailing list >> >> recently and asked an ignorant question on it, and I was shocked when >> >> people reacted not by enlightening me but by jumping on me and reacting >> >> with hostility. I bring this up not to badmouth the Scala community >> >> (they are apparently going through growing pains and will hopefully >> >> mature with time!) but just because it made me appreciate just how >> >> awesome you guys are, so I just feel the need to publicly express my >> >> admiration and thank to everyone on this list for having fostered such >> >> an incredibly professional, fanatically nonhostile, and generally >> >> pleasant place to talk about Haskell!!! >> >> >> >> *GROUP HUG* >> >> >> >> Okay, I'm done now. :-) >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Greg >> > >> > Wow. I subscribed to the list just an hour ago or so, and already >> > receiving hugs! That's kinda... striking, you know. >> > >> > Yay! Newbie hug to everyone too! >> > >> > >> > --------- >> > max ulidtko >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> =============================================== >> j...@acm.org | Juan.Daugherty on Skype | 01 716 524 0542 >> =============================================== >> -------PGP SIGNATURE Attached If Signed-------= >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > -- =============================================== j...@acm.org | Juan.Daugherty on Skype | 01 716 524 0542 =============================================== -------PGP SIGNATURE Attached If Signed-------= _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
