>> Warp seems to access the Internet only to tell me I've mis-spelt things.
> 
> lol!  That is, honestly, one of the funniest things I've read in a long 
> time :)  Trust me, you're not THAT important to him!

Glad my existence is not a *total* waste of oxygen. :-P

>> It seems like only a few months ago I started learning Haskell, but the
>> other day I found an assay about it, written by me, dated 2004. I've
>> been using this thing for *years*! And during all that time, Warp keeps
>> telling me that it's hopelessly inefficient, and I keep saying it isn't.
> 
> If you want efficient, go for C.  There's a reason it's still around, 
> despite C++ being 20 years old.
> 
> Haskell isn't C.  It's not trying to be, either.

As far as Warp is concerned, "it's not efficient == it's not worth using".

>> Yet again, the Haskell mailing lists collectively have more PhDs than
>> you can shake a stick at.
> 
> Listen to me: the more educated you are, the more likely you are to be 
> an asshole - ESPECIALLY to people who either don't understand your point 
> of view, or (even worse) people who don't agree with you.
> 
> If you show up on their mailing list, asking questions about why things 
> are the way they are, you're likely to piss them off just because you 
> have good questions.  You're not a "yes" man, you're not a fawning 
> sycophant, and that makes your intelligence a threat to their 
> established positions of power.

I'd agree with you - except that I'm the *only* person receiving this 
negative reaction. All the other newbies ask questions and get answers 
and so on. Only I seem to get flamed every few months.

>> If it was just one person who disliked me, it probably wouldn't bother
>> me. But when so many otherwise rational, intelligent people all say
>> you're stupid... eventually it starts to sink in.
> 
> What about when so many otherwise rational, intelligent people all say 
> you're smart & they like you?  Who are going to listen to?

They're generally not very vocal.

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