[Tutor] (OT) Flame wars (was: Amazing power of Regular Expressions...)

[Chris Hengge]

Wow... I had to click this e-mail just because I saw the first posts on the
mentioned thread and could see it turning for the worst..

> I'm serious, if you think ^[0-9A-Za-z_.-]*$ is unclear and complex, go
> away
> and relearn regales.
>
> Michael.

If this is your method to helping people, you should be the one to step back
and go away. While your at it, go an take an educated look at debates.. You
might learn that your tactics for trying to sway your side of the opinion
are harsh and completely self killing. Any point you were trying to make
just became invalid because of this childish b/s.

On 11/6/06, Carroll, Barry <Barry.Carroll at psc.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings, all:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:32:32 +0000
> > From: Michael Sparks <ms at cerenity.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Amazing power of Regular Expressions...
> > To: tutor at python.org
> > Message-ID: <200611061032.33142.ms at cerenity.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > On Monday 06 November 2006 01:08, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > > While using a dictionary is probably overkill, so is a rage.
> >
> > No, in this case it's absolutely the right choice.
> >
> > > A simple string holding all characters and an 'in' test would
> probably
> > > be both easier to read and faster.
> >
> > I'm stunned you think this. It's precisely this sort of naivete that
> > baffles
> > me with regard to regales.
> >
> > > Which kind of illustrates the point of the thread I think! :-)
> >
> > Actually, no, it doesn't.
> >
> <<snip>>
> >
> > I'm serious, if you think ^[0-9A-Za-z_.-]*$ is unclear and complex, go
> > away
> > and relearn regales.
> >
> > Michael.
> >
>
> With the final sentence above, this thread has ceased to be an
> intellectual discussion and become a religious argument.  Until then, I
> was enjoying an informative discussion by knowledgeable people on a
> topic of considerable interest.  Now I'm upset by the implications of
> the statement and embarrassed on behalf of the writer.
>
> When a person his so convinced of his/her rightness that they feel
> justified in insulting those in opposition, that person has substituted
> flaming for advocacy.  They have also, in my opinion, seriously weakened
> their position on the subject.  Why would someone resort to such an
> attack if they were, in fact, correct?
>
> I am disappointed to see such behavior on this list, and I hope it's
> occurrence will continue to be vanishingly small.
>
> Regards,
>
> Barry
> barry.carroll at psc.com
> 541-302-1107
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