[Haskell-cafe] On the verge of ... giving up!

Tim Chevalier catamorphism at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 12:20:15 EDT 2007


On 10/14/07, david48 <dav.vire+haskell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/14/07, Lennart Augustsson <lennart at augustsson.net> wrote:
> > You don't need to unsubscribe.  Just avoid posting things that are totally
> > wrong (at least without a warning).
>
> How would he know they're "totally wrong" ?

Thinking before hitting the Send button might be a good first step, as
well as refraining from giving the impression of certainty when one
isn't actually sure. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and
it can be hard for newbies to evaluate the credibility of an answer.

Cheers,
Tim

-- 
Tim Chevalier * catamorphism.org * Often in error, never in doubt
"There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either."
--Robert Graves


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