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Re: Constructive criticism
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 03:35:09AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>On 28/07/2010 01:14, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 07:55:14PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>> Darn, dropped the punchline:
>>>
>>>>> Your code is 100% bogus and should be taken out the back,
>>>>> lined up against a wall, and machine-gunned.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then the bleeding corpse should be hung, drawn and quartered.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then burnt.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then the smouldering rubble should be jumped up and down on.
>>>>
>>>> By a hippo
>>
>> Oh boy. That brought back memories. I guess I'm glad I'm not the
>> object of the discussion though.
>
> Clearly, I was too subtle in that reply. It doesn't seem that anyone in
>that thread was distinguishing between criticising someone's code and
>criticising the person themselves. Oh well, never mind.
I'm certainly well aware of the distinction but it's not one that I've
had much luck with myself.
> Well, I'm too busy to care right now anyway, I've got a whole bunch of
>parents that I have to go and tell that their babies are ugly!
Wait! Dave! Stop!
Oh boy. I'll bet it's too late.
cgf