Re: Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Cross
At Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:02:29 +0100, Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Cross wrote: > > > Heh! Go easy on them. Most of them are just harmless idiots. There > > are a couple who reckon themselves a bit tho' - and it's quite fun > > taking them down a peg or two. > > I've posted a

Re: Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Simon Wistow
Dave Cross wrote: > Heh! Go easy on them. Most of them are just harmless idiots. There are > a couple who reckon themselves a bit tho' - and it's quite fun taking > them down a peg or two. I've posted a couple of things there now. A coupld of the posters seem to have taken umbrage to Dave being

Re: Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Cross
At Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:50:26 +0100 (BST), Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > Anyway, I didn't want to keep this delight to myself. If anyone > > wants to join in my fun, the board is at: > > > >

Re: Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > Anyway, I didn't want to keep this delight to myself. If anyone wants > to join in my fun, the board is at: > > > > Share & Enjoy, > Must .. Control .. The .. Keyboard .. Of .. Fire /J\

Re: Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > I've developed this weird habit of hanging around places where less > able Perl programmers congregate and trying to distribute clues. You've also developed the bad habit of referring to them as "programmers". > The latest place I've found is the BBS for

Helping Less... er... Able... Programmers

2001-03-27 Thread Dave Cross
I've developed this weird habit of hanging around places where less able Perl programmers congregate and trying to distribute clues. The latest place I've found is the BBS for readers of Liz Castro's book. It certainly gives you some perspective[1] on her target audience. Here's an example resp