I don't think that was a helpful reply.

I would agree with the first point about posting complete bits of code, but perlassassin27 is new and only joined today, so (s)he may not know the eticate here, and in any case it is not always possible or post complete programs due to their length or because they are trade secrets. Instead he posted a fragment where he thought the bug was, which is a sensible thing to do.

As for curses being obsolete, I can't agree. You don't know what environment perlassassin27 is programming for, and you don't know if he is writing a new program or maintaining an existing one. Perhaps he is maintaining point of sale software that needs to run on 20 year old terminals? In a situation like that, curses is the best form of GUI possible.

Overall, not a nice way to welcome a new Initiate to the monastery.

In reply to Re^2: Difficulty with Curses by chrestomanci
in thread Difficulty with Curses by perlassassin27

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