Your restraint and manners are admirable. I have the opinion that my faux pas really irked you and that you're writing below your usual level. So again: Sorry.

Read emotion into text-only on-line communication at your peril. (: My restraint was certainly lacking. I also use "you" when I mean "one" because I find that writing "one should" sounds pompous even though I hate not having a good distinction for that. Perhaps I just need to get over sounding pompous. So much of this could easily be taken personally (by you, rir) that wasn't actually directed at you.

[ Come to think of it, I should also use "y'all" more. I actually like that word and it could even defuse some of the impression of pomposity (along with the spelling errors -- that I only occasionally make on purpose). Anyway, some of those "you"s should have been "y'all"s as well. ]

So, sorry for my lack of restraint and thus lack of manners. (And thank you for the compliment.) It has more to do with limited time than ire at you or your remark. Wanting to deny the remark helped to motivate me, but much of the heat is directed at concepts not people.

I'd like to clarify my position on a couple of (technical) points but now is not a good time for that. I just wanted to set the record straight that a simple apology for your fairly minor error is sufficient. I accept it and forgive you, of course.

I'm sorry I didn't take the time to more carefully craft my reply. I completely understand one worrying that dire offense has been served when reading such a reply. It was hurried and sloppy and so contains misexpressions and also errors. I'll try to straighten some of that out more explicitly when I allocate more time for the endeavor.

And thanks for your restraint and manners in responding. It is nice to take an (unintentional) step toward a flame fest and get a nudge backward rather than a shove forward. :)

                - tye - The Pompous Texan

In reply to Re^17: $class = ref $class || $class (not tye) by tye
in thread Constructor/Factory Orthodoxy by mojotoad

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