I'm going to regret posting in this thread I know it now (looks lovingly at XP and says good-bye)

First let me say I'm guilty of derriding people and looking down on newbie and homework posts too. And in the 4 years I've been coming around I'm sure I've said some personal things. For those I apologize.

Acting foolish doesn't make one a fool. A fool is one who acts foolish all or most of the time. I don't think calling anyone a fool here no matter how bad their code is a good idea. As humans we all make honest mistakes, it doesn't mean we are fools, it means we made a mistake. People who are posting here, especially newbies are looking for guidence from people who've already made those mistakes.

I don't take comments by merlyn or Abigail-II personally, however name calling, no matter what you say it is, is personal and unnessicary. I enjoy Fark and /. too and those places are famous for their flamewars, but Perlmonks is generally a place where people generally are respected no matter what their skill level. Calling people names turns people away from this site. Someone new isn't going to learn good security practices or anything else, no matter how true a respondant's comment is if that comment is demeaning or rude and they simply walk away.

Perl is known for its community, its definitely one of the main things that keeps me using it over other languages (that and CPAN :) ). Let's not start turning people away who want to learn because or our egos or senses of superiority.

my $0.02

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In reply to Re^2: A modest request of Merlyn by cfreak
in thread A modest request of Merlyn by delirium

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