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| From | Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript, comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: questions re Javascript |
| Date | 2015-09-05 20:29 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <msffmh$5qo$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <mscc3f$apc$1@dont-email.me> <to-do-20150904163124@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <040920151637554925%timstreater@greenbee.net> <Java-and-JavaScript-20150904164419@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <040920152251414544%timstreater@greenbee.net> |
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On 04/09/2015 22:51, Tim Streater wrote: > In article > <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. Sanity. Alive and well in c.l.j.p. Good to see -- Laughing Spam Fritter
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Re: questions re Javascript Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-09-04 10:09 -0500
Re: questions re Javascript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-04 16:37 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-04 22:51 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 20:29 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0200
Re: questions re Javascript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-09-04 19:40 -0400
Re: questions re Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 09:47 +0200
Re: questions re Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 22:16 +0200
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