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I don't think that the original question was annoying. It came from someone
new to the language and sincerely wanted to learn it. Not all of us are
experts in parsers and semantics; and some of us need additional dialogue to
get the concept sink in. What's annoying to others might be interesting to
some. So what's the use of the community if it is not willing to help?

On 4/11/06, ara.t.howard / noaa.gov <ara.t.howard / noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Bihal wrote:
>
> > Sorry John, I didn't realise this was a mailing list as opposed to a
> > forum.
> >
> > As for learning Ruby, I simply don't have the time. We are putting
> > together a free Ruby plugin for our software, but it's taken so much
> > time already that we're about to drop it. I've come here to get quick
> > and accurate answers from experienced users. I can see how this would be
> > annoying on a mail list, so again I apologise.
> >
> > Bihal
>
> believe us - there have been much more annoying posters in the
> past.  you've
> got a ways to go before entering the truly annoying leagues ;-)
>
> i haven't followed all of this thread but, given ruby's dual license,
> can't
> you just rip out it's parser?
>
> -a
> --
> be kind whenever possible... it is always possible.
> - h.h. the 14th dali lama
>
>


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Rolly Ferolino
rferolino / gmail.com

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