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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: passing a set of numbers to a function
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:08:43 +0100
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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> writes:
>> In a galaxy far far away, Thomas 'Pointed Ears' Lahn prattled:
>>> Matheus Suffi wrote:
>>> > I'm in trouble , I need to send a set of numbers to a function , for
>>> > example: ' 01599874425 ' .
>>> That is _not_ a set of numbers; it is, at best, a set of (decimal)
>>> digits making up *one* number.
>> Matheus was just giving an example. No need for bragging about your
>> knowledge in Set Theory. Once again, you're missing the point.
> 
> Sets don't contain duplicates so I would not say he's bragging.

That is an interesting point – and relevant here given the Set 
type introduced in ECMAScript 2015 –, but not my point at all.  I was 
pointing out the difference between the terms “number” and “digit” instead.
 
> <snip>
>>> 2. <http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
> 
> How I hate that document.  It has some very sounds advice but I never
> refer anyone to it because I cringe at the Usenet culture of bullying it
> endorses. 

You have misunderstood it completely.  It does not endorse bullying at all.

> Usenet needs more smart answers than it needs smart questions.

Usenet is not a free helpdesk; it is first and foremost a discussion medium.  
Good answers require a considerable amount generally helpful people’s *free 
time*; they should not be a gift, but (should) have to be *earned* by 
putting *some* effort into solving your own problem first.  And a smart 
question is the best way to show this to one’s readers; it shows that one 
possesses the basic social and problem-solving skills and the will to use 
them in order to work on the solution to one’s problem *together*.

BTW, that document has been referred by the FAQ of this newsgroup ever 
since, and that is good so.

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