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- From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
- Subject: Re: Only C gurus allowed?!?!
- Message-ID: <aland.716143617@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Organization: As little as possible
- References: <1992Sep9.051107.22938@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Sep9.204130.24545@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:46:57 GMT
- Lines: 34
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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.
- [...]
-
- >>Does it matter whether I was right or wrong? There're plenty of fellas
- >>here willing to correct me if I'm wrong .... but please don't be
- >>offensive or [suggest] that I keep quiet.
-
- >Yes, it matters quite a bit whether you're right or wrong, if you're
- >claiming to be giving an answer to someone. When you ask a question,
- >does it matter to you whether the answer is right or wrong?
- >Presumably so, or you would have just made one up instead of asking.
- >So why would you even question whether it matters whether an answer
- >you give someone is right or not? If you don't KNOW the answer, why
- >answer?
-
- Well, I answered a question on this group, and I gave the right
- answer, and I still got flamed because my explanation wasn't 100%
- accurate, even though I had explicitly stated that my answer would not
- be correct in all situations.
-
- >>Is is just this group or what? I don't get this kind of thing in the
- >>other groups I suscribe to.
-
- I've never gotten it in any other group, but this group seems a little
- more sensitive.
-
- -=Alan
-