| I'm in the #1.5 category probably. _But_ it is all about how it is written. Criticism is good when it is constructive, otherwise it is not far from just name calling, badgering and spewing of hate. Other ways to respond could be "That's a cool idea. I like to use sed" or "checkout my python one-liner". All those things you highlighted could be true, but that's still not a reason to offend someone. It depends on who the author is: * If an 8 year old wrote that, that would awesome and she would become an overnight internet celebrity. * A Linus Torvalds wrote that -- everyone would become very worried that he is smoking something. * Someone who is just learning to program -- it is awesome and they should be encouraged to do more of it * A seasoned programmer -- they should still be encouraged but criticism should be more pronounced "Cool but sed usually works better, were you thinking of some specific feature?". |