[Re: [[rescue] flamewar question: Perl]]

[Ken Hansen]

I think Dave M. is just swamped, and while in the midst of trying to dig out
of the mess, he realized he was spending time reading zillions of emails on
topics he held little interest in....

I fully suspect that once his life gets back to "normal" (relative term),
he'll be back...

I suspect *no one* has heard anything from him since he unsubscribed - a sign
that it was not a single thing that upset him, but an indication that he is
simply overwhelmed at the moment.

I honestly think he just doesn't have the spare cycles for the list these
days...

And Michael, you just happened to be in front of Dave when it all hit - I am
sure it is nothing you personally did to set him off...

Personally, I blame Bill for his "I don't think we have had enough email on
the list lately, so let's start a flame war on the pros and cons of various
languages!" post (sorry Bill, when you *asked* for that thread to occur, I
think it set him off - you know, last-straw kind of set him off thing...)

Mike N. - could you chime in on what is going on at the other end of The
Conduit???

Ken

Amy wrote:

> On 23 Jul 2001, Michael Hansen wrote:
>
> > >  Umm, excuse me.  Do you have any idea how computers, umm,
> > >WORK?
> >
> > Umm, no, not really.  I keep trying to learn these things, but
> > I don't think I'm anywhere near smart enough to understand how
> > a computer works.
> >
> > >I'm unsubscribing.
> >
> > >   -Dave McGuire
> >
> > ARRRRGGGHHH!!!! I feel really bad. Dave was an asset to this
> > group, and I am mostly a PITA, I suspect. If anyone can get through
> > to Dave, let him know I'm unsubscribing. I hope he will come back.
> > I will try very hard to get a clue before I even think about returning.
> >
> > I'll still send you the blue LED Bill, but I need a mailing
> > address.
>
> wait one damn minute.
>
> first off, i think its a damn shame that something as ignorant as a simple
> inquiry or opinion about a bunch of code has caused two people to
> unsubscribe, one of them needlessly so. now dave's welcome to blow his top
> over someone's opinion as he likes. it just makes him look like a child
> (sorry, it does). but i see absolutely no reason why someone who just
> happens to hold a different opinion is more or less guilted into
> unsubscribing.
>
> that's bullshit, pure and simple.
>
> please people, come to your senses. its just a goddamned programming
> language.