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- From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
- Subject: Re: Off topic post
- Message-ID: <DLyM02.9zn@emr1.emr.ca>
- Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
- References: <TANMOY.96Jan27121202@qcd.lanl.gov> <4egtr8$bn0@ns.RezoNet.NET> <TANMOY.96Jan28235629@qcd.lanl.gov>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:24:01 GMT
-
- In article <TANMOY.96Jan28235629@qcd.lanl.gov> tanmoy@qcd.lanl.gov (Tanmoy Bhattacharya) writes:
-
- [...]
- >
- >I had written `I cannot discuss the code as written because it uses
- >`far' and every conforming compiler has to diagnose this as a syntax
- >violation.' (words to that effect: I do not remember the exact words.)
- >Do you consider that nasty or rude? I do think that this could be
- >considered a `passing reference' strong enough to point out that it is
- >not conformant.
- Yes, I consider it to be quite rude. Also elitist and snobby.
- You refused to even consider the question and wrote it off
- immediately upon seeing the word 'far'. That's like telling
- a little old lady that you won't help her cross the street
- because she is wearing a red coat and you *hate* the colour red.
-
- You know what the keyword 'far' does and you know that it is
- irrelevant to the question or code, so why not just ignore it and
- answer the question. You still could have made a comment about
- the non-conforming code and then continued on to answer the question.
- --
- John A. Grant jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
- Airborne Geophysics
- Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
-