To the original poster and the community at large: I offer my unconditional apology for my unwarranted, impolite and downright unproductive comment.
It was a moment of silliness, weakness and was really, really not necessary. It's the kind of comment one would NEVER make in polite personal conversation. Sorry once again. Regards On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to assure the Lucy community at large that the core developers > take > notice both when people say inflammatory things and take the conversation > in > an unproductive direction, and conversely, when people resist the > temptation > to respond in kind, shutting down unproductive threads through restraint > and > ruthless civility. > > To quote Doug Cutting, Lucene founder and current Chair of the ASF Board, > > http://markmail.org/message/vze5xbbtg64ohmhf > > An important technique here is to respond to things you find offensive > in > a polite manner, or not at all. > > Thanks to everyone who contributes to our long tradition of courtesy. If > you > want to get anything done around here, that's the way to go. > > Marvin Humphrey > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:38 AM, fgl <[email protected]> wrote: > > <i>please understand that Perl is obsolete to many people today,</i> > > > > No offence, and I also have no intention of getting into an argument, but > > that's a rather naive, ignorant and arrogant statement... Have you > funded > > a comprehensive study world-wide which led you to that confident > statement? > > You clearly have no idea how much Perl code is out there. It reminds > me > > of these snotty little kids fresh out of college who say the same things > > about COBOL (which is alive and kicking, but probably way beyond your pay > > scale or professional experience). Thanks for the laugh, I needed it. > > > > /me gets on with day feeling so much better having laughed hard enough to > > loosen spine and tense shoulder muscles. >
