[OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

Larry Martell larry.martell at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 07:52:05 EDT 2016


On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
> Thomas, you don't have to choose between correct and nice.  It's
> possible to be both.

"I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right."

That was written by Stephen Sondheim and it's from his musical Into
The Woods. It's said by the witch. That used to be my sig back in
usenet days, and more then one person said "Who said that? Rush
Limbaugh?"

> I can see that you are knowledgeable, and I really appreciate the energy
> you put into answering questions.  You are very generous with your time.
> But when you bark correct things at people, they don't hear you.  Your
> helpful energy is being overshadowed by your blunt rude manner.

As my wife once said, "If you start with 'Listen, asshole, ...' they
probably won't hear what you have to say after that.



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