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- From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
- Subject: Re: Only C gurus allowed?!?!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.015816.26718@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- References: <1992Sep9.204130.24545@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:58:16 GMT
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- mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- : In <1992Sep9.051107.22938@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
- :
- : >I posted something in this group to try to help someone out.
- :
- : >I got flaming mail to the effect that I was wrong, that my explanation
- : >was garbage etc etc and that I shouldn't post in this group (to help
- : >others) unless I'm very sure of the facts.
- :
- : >Is there some kind of implicit censorship here? To the effect that only
- : >C gurus are allowed to help others here?
- :
- : No censorship that I know of, but if you were wrong, were you really
- : "helping others"?
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- My examples were CORRECT.
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- The whole purpose of the usenet is free and unrestricted flow of info.
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- Assume that I am wrong - though when I posted I believed I was right.
- Then I should be treated like the newbie right? - that's embarrisment
- enough for me. Then Someone who knows better just correct me.
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- I don't know - maybe I'm just too used to polite society ;-).
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- jin meng
-