A more gentle nudging in the correct direction is generally more well-received. Honestly, it doesn't help anyone to be rude, and we'll all just think less of you for this unnecessary divergence. If you're not going to at be witty and subtle about it, you may as well direct them to Eric Raymond's article on how to ask smart questions. He's already written this chastisement, and better than you. Please don't pollute our space with noise and needless posturing. If your response is not going to be more helpful than "RTFM" or "GIYF" perhaps you should reconsider hitting that send button.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Robert Berman <[email protected]> wrote: > Rather than being impressed, perhaps you might consider performing the > action. > > spir wrote: > > Robert Berman a écrit : > > RTFM. > > how clever! > I'm impressed... > Denis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
