Don't feed the troll...

Mark Lawrence breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Jun 15 18:04:56 EDT 2013


On 15/06/2013 22:47, alex23 wrote:
> On Jun 16, 5:29 am, Steven D'Aprano <steve
> +comp.lang.pyt... at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> And others have publicly thanked me for giving useful answers to Nikos,
>> because they have learned from them.
>
> I take it you'll also be critical of people on list now saying "we
> don't do your homework for you"? Or is there some fundamental
> difference here that I'm missing?
>
> That others have derived value from some of the desperate flailings to
> fill Nikos' alleged ignorance doesn't mean there's any value in his
> original posts. I also strongly disagree with your claim that you've
> given "useful answers" to him: his reposting *code you've written for
> him* asking others to modify it to his liking would indicate he's
> learned nothing at all from your approach.
>
> Well, nothing other than that if he keeps this crap up, there
> apparently *are* people who will repeatedly do his job for him, which
> I guess makes you the current god of his cargo cult. So, uh, well done?
>

+1

-- 
"Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are 
watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Snooker 
commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe.

Mark Lawrence




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