Antw.: The perverse vibe of lua-l

["hd2010@..." <hd2010@...>]

> As a long time newbie(yes possible if you code < 2hrs a week!) I disagree with this. Experts can subscribe to the newbie list and vice versa. I have twice tried to push for a tutor list and would personally feel more comfortable there.

The issue I'd like to be taken note of is, that someone like you feels uncomfortable.

Henning

----- Reply message -----
Von: "Patrick Mc(avery" <spell_gooder_now@spellingbeewinnars.org>
Datum: Mo., Jan. 24, 2011 13:58
Betreff: The perverse vibe of lua-l
An: "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>

On 01/24/2011 02:21 AM, steve donovan wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Axel Kittenberger<axkibe@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I oppose this idea. I dont see the benefit, this reminds me of all the
>> www-forums where people create a lot of drawers where every bit of
>> comminication must be sorted in and then usually 25% of all messages
>> contain "gah! wrong forum dude!".
>
> So true - premature organization.  We don't have a lot of traffic, and
> we can choose to ignore things.
>
> It's educational for newbies to see the high-level stuff, and useful
> for experts to see the problems of newbies.
>
> steve d.
>
>

As a long time newbie(yes possible if you code < 2hrs a week!) I disagree with this. Experts can subscribe to the newbie list and vice versa. I have twice tried to push for a tutor list and would personally feel more comfortable there.

-Patrick