Genevieve Young wrote: > ... > Oh dear, who am I to listen to? This reminds me of when I was a small > child, my mom would be teaching me something, then dad came along and > disagreed with what was being taught and I would be caught in the middle > wondering who to please� And I wanted so much to please both of them� > > If I followed what a parent, oops, a party said, I really risk antagonizing > the other one� > And he might then decide to withdraw further advice and help � And the worst > thing is, I haven�t finished asking� > > What can I do?
We are not your parents. Not worry about it. There are at least two approaches to every Lingo problem, use one that works and fits the way you think and code. Get it to work and we're all happy. For the most part, you'll have to explicitly* tell someone they're a jerk or a fool to get them to "withdraw further advice and help". *For a little perspective, this little essay on 'tact filters' might be helpful: http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/tact.html -- Carl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.262.8830 x246 "Depend upon it, there comes a time when, for every addition of knowledge, you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." -Sherlock Holmes in 'A Study in Scarlet' [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
