In article <40bfb795@news.povray.org> , Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  wrote:

> Dan P <dan### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>> There's a lot I didn't know about. So, kiss my ass.
>
>   When you don't know, the first thing to do is to ask, not to go and
> "fix" someone else's code and make a post with a tone of voice which
> sounds like you know better than the original code and that the current
> code sucks.
>
>   So, it should be: "Hey, there's some odd code which I don't understand
> and which looks wrong to me. Is it wrong?" "No." "Ah, ok, never mind."
>
>   Not: "Hey, there's some odd code which looks wrong to me so I went
> and fixed it, even though I don't really understand what's going on."
>
>   If you don't understand how a code works and why it is done as it is
> done, ask.

Exactly!!!

    Thorsten

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