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Re: questions re Javascript

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<Java-and-JavaScript-20150904164419@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>, Stefan
Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

>Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> writes:
>>Given that the OP didn't seem to know very much, at this point in his
>>learning process it is *much* *better* to say that these languages are
>>not related. Then he can get on. He can learn a more nuanced lesson
>>later on. All you and similar posters are likely to do at this stage,
>>with your pedantry, is to confuse him.
>
>  You might underestimate the intelligence of a beginner
>  when you believe that the correct answer
>
>      »JavaScript and Java are different languages.«
>
>  will significantly confuse him.

You didn't say they were different languages. If you had, all would
have been well. Instead you went off into a pedantic labyrinth where
the learner doesn't need to go.

It has nothing to do with the learner's intelligence and everything to
do with interpreting his question and giving a useful answer.

-- 
"... you must remember that if you're trying to propagate a creed of 
 poverty, gentleness and tolerance,  you need a very rich, powerful,
 authoritarian organisation to do it."             - Vice-Pope Eric

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