my note was partly a joke, partly a warning. the R community started out very nice, too. many still are. but some of the tone has shifted towards the obnoxious. the weirdest part is that there are some people who seem to enjoy *really* helping users, all the while being somewhat insulting. it is my (incomplete) understanding that internal strife in the core development team has become negative, too. it will be up to the julia core team to set the community standard and watch themselves and the community to keep it alive.
this reminds me: for those of us who cannot contribute, is there a julia foundation membership? it would not be a bad idea to have us using users get used to contributing, too.
