On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 08:49 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Carsten Haese wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 01:04 -0800, Russ wrote: > > > Robert Kern wrote: > > > > > > > Nothing is going to happen until you do one of these two things. Being > > > > more rude > > > > (and yes, you are being incredibly rude and insulting) won't move > > > > things along. > > > > > > I re-read the thread, and I don't see anywhere where I was rude > > > > Please allow me to break it down for you: > > > > Your first reply on this thread, or second message, said: > > > > """ > > Now, that [submitting a patch that fixes the problem] would be rather > > silly. I would have to familiarize myself > > with the code for the Python interpreter, then send a patch to the > > maintainers (and hope they notice it in their inboxes), while the > > maintainers themselves could probably "fix" the problem in two minutes > > flat. No thanks! > > > > My suggestion is trivial to implement and would benefit every Python > > programmer (even if only slightly), so I don't think it is too much to > > ask for. > > """ > > > > You may not have meant this to be rude, but it does come off as rude and > > arrogant, and I'll explain to you why: In your first post you stated > > that the feature seems like a no-brainer to you. That implies to the > > reader that you might have the necessary skill to implement the feature > > yourself, hence Robert's suggestion to submit a patch was, in the > > context you gave yourself, neither unreasonable nor silly. I can see how > > your calling a reasonable suggestion by a valuable community member > > "silly" would be construed as rude and arrogant. > > Thanks for explaining why the OP was rude. Having been > reading and listening to english for only a few decades > probably, I am sure the OP (and me too!) appreciates your > explanation of rudeness. It was really hard for me to see it > until you explained it so well. The great thing about c.l.p. is > how much one learns about non-Python things here. > (oops, I hope I wasn't rude by saying there were non-Python > things? I didn't mean to diminish Python in any way.) > > Russ, > Please rememer that learning Python is not done overnight -- > there are many different levels of knowlage and only the > most elite Pythonists have reached True Understanding. > > Since there are many things you don't understand, it is > best you (and me too!) do not make suggrestions publically. > Infidels could read them and inplying that Python is not > perfect and you will undermine the spritual growth of > many other newbies.. Such dangerous sugggestions > should be made privately at the alter of Sourceforge, with > a lot of deep self-reflection and piety. > > Until you achive greater understanding it is best if in public > you make sure that you write with the following in mind: > Python is perfect > Perl sucks > Static typing sucks > Python is faster than C > Quoting frequently from the holy Zen of Python is also > helpful. Please remember that many regulars here are > members of the holy priesthood because they have spent > many years studying the Python scriptures. Be as circumspect > in addressing them as you would be a medival knight or > Japanese samurai. Only by following their guidance with > complete devoutness and faith will you be able to achive > the deepest level of Python appreciation. > > Hope this helps.
My sarcasm meter just exploded. -Carsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
