Re: What the compiler does, or not? -- RPG400-L

Spelling? RPG? Acronyms? Come on you guys get a grip! Seeing a bunch of
bright people like yourself
B&^%H about stuff like this is a waste of time.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: What the compiler does, or not?


>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Simon Coulter wrote:
> >
> > Actually which spelling one uses depends on whether one speaks and
> > writes English or 'Murican.  In English "programme" is a perfectly valid
> > spelling for the object that contains machine code however the general
> > convention has been to use "program" for computer program and
> > "programme" for the document one receives when one attends the opera or
> > other such concert. This is only a convention and either form is
> > acceptable.
>
> I was confident that he was talking about a computer program, not a
> document that he received at the opera.  My apologies if I was mistaken.
>
> However, the point of my message was to express frustration with his
> nitpicking of my words, not to actually correct him.  It makes little
> difference to me how he spells things, I was just picking on him because
> he was picking on me.
>
> > These are just examples of "English as She is Spoke". Given Carel's name
> > one can presume that English is not his native tongue so some leeway
> > should be allowed. At least he seems technically competent and
> > resourceful which is more than can be said for some recent appenders.
>
> Amen to that!
>
> Which is related, in a way, to my frustration.  It seems like if I posted
> a message where I typed in all capital letters and asked a question about
> something that has nothing to do with RPG, and then provided almost no
> detail about what I wanted to know so that everyone reads the message and
> says "huh?"  People will treat me with the utmost respect and courtesy.
>
> But, if I take a fair amount of time to explain a concept, provide code to
> illustrate it, and generally try to help, what happens?   Someone
> scrutinizes every word of my message, and tries to find some way where I
> didn't say it perfectly, and then calls it out for everyone else to
> criticize.
>
> > Also, the grammatical error was not with the full stop (that's a period
> > to you lot) after "areas" but rather the incorrect use of the apostrophe
> > indicating possesion when a plural was meant. (I know that's what you
> > meant but it ain't what you said and since we're picking nits ...)
>
> Yes, you're much better better at picking nits than I am. :)
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