Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eternal Hope Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: questions re Javascript Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:29:20 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <2b531f48-fff9-4c73-a116-22a3f110e919@googlegroups.com> <020920150828500988%timstreater@greenbee.net> <040920151637554925%timstreater@greenbee.net> <040920152251414544%timstreater@greenbee.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 19:27:13 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="2ab430ef8c6b5deb5816c858366218e1"; logging-data="5976"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18kpbqW7jM4OYjKlLbXDygZDnQpoRziL4o=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 In-Reply-To: <040920152251414544%timstreater@greenbee.net> Cancel-Lock: sha1:v/1mjySlXlZZM6zWXo3k7dRE7ns= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:28645 comp.lang.java.programmer:32540 On 04/09/2015 22:51, Tim Streater wrote: > In article > , Stefan > Ram wrote: > >> Tim Streater 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