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>> 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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