the purpose of this list???

[Gabe Newcomb]

Hee hee. Of course the response I get IS snooty, although I get the point
about gathering statistics. I won't get into a whole thing on that (since
that would be hypocritical, per my original mail), other than to say I
wasn't intending anything statistically significant.

Heuristics, baby! 

I was simply saying it's a waste of our time to send flames (the joke is I
got my own little one in response, I guess).

Thanks Fernando :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Pérez [mailto:fperez528 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:18 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: the purpose of this list???


Gabe Newcomb wrote:

> So I just joined the list an hour ago. I've read 4 of the messages
> and half of them involve some form of flaming. If we're going to
> argue about how to do something, that's one thing, but please,
> people, if you're trying to make points just to preserve your image,
> give it a rest. It's a waste of all our time.

Well, not trying to sound snotty or anything, but: you've read 4 
messages in a list that generates around 400 per day, 'half' (that 
is, a wholesome *2*) are flames and you conclude this is a flamer's 
list? One simple suggestion: spend a few days on it, see if you get 
useful information concerning Python questions, and *then* decide. 

It's called 'collecting statistics': from a sample of 4 messages you 
can not say *absolutely anything statistically meaningful* concerning 
the traffic on a list of this volume.

In the long term, chances are you'll find (as most of us seem to) 
that this list provides *a lot* of very informative, intelligent 
discussion, useful python tricks and debate on the language at large. 
But you'll have to read more than 4 messages to notice that.

Cheers,

f.
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