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Re: call by reference

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Gene Wirchenko wrote on 28 mrt 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

>>You need to believe that Evertjan has learned, rather well, proper
>>English; on the other hand, less experienced programmers are likely to
>>have acquired what the Americans think of as English. "Nope" might be
> 
>      Well, I have been programming since I was 14 and am now 51 so I
> do not thing that I fit the less-experienced category.  

John and I, we are much older and are much longer into programming.

So if programming experience is measured in time, what you imply here, then 
yes, you perfectly fit this less-experienced category.

> I have seen "nope" written before, and I do not recall it ever having
> caused confusion. 

That does not mean a thing. 

This confusion might not have been divulged, some people do not like to be 
shown inexperienced, even in some distant local slang, which they 
mistakenly could have thought to be mainstream English.

This latest category even fits you, and you being a selfprofessed native.

Or you might not have noticed, since you appear not to care very much for 
writing mainstream understandable English in an international NG,
saying that anything is correct as long as you do not notice confusion,
and even pride yourself for widening the knowledge.

And probably you are a newbee in this NG.

> If you and Evertjan need some English tutoring, I am sure
> that we could oblige.

"we", that is a nice pluralis majestatis, or are you implying the NG by 
using "we" to set some, in this case far more experienced NG'ers apart.

What year, btw, dit you start using javascript and when did you first post 
in this NG, Gene?

In my view, good reasoning is far more important than staving your points 
with how long one is programming or how young one is.

 
>  Evertjan was simply looking for things to complain about...
> 
>> spoken, but is not commonly written, by grown-up Britons (and Dutch?)
> 
> ...and is not doing so well on the grown-up category.

Typical of the young, that boast to have been programming at the age of 14.


> Think of it as me helping expand your knowledge of the world by
> just that little, extra bit.

"It"? Think of what?

You adding to the difficulty of the ones not fluent in English using local 
slang in an international NG?

This NG's topic is Javascript, so only javascript and by Netiquette, the 
functioning of this NG, is on topic. 

Expanding someone's knowledge of the world by teaching distant local slang
definitely is off topic. Search for a NG about local English slang if the 
urge is so compelling.

"knowledge of the world"?

English is not that important to the wold that you should teach it's local 
slang in a javascript NG.  



-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Re: call by reference Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 18:13 -0700
  Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-25 08:12 +0000
    Re: call by reference Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 07:00 -0700
      Re: call by reference John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-26 10:56 +0100
    Re: call by reference Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta@uta.fi> - 2012-03-26 23:04 +0300
      Re: call by reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1213@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-27 18:20 +0100
        Re: call by reference Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 16:28 -0700
          Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-28 08:20 +0000
    Re: call by reference Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-03-26 21:31 -0800
      Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-27 07:25 +0000

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