Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Matthew Carter Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: Pocetnik u php-u Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:35:27 -0400 Organization: Ahungry (http://ahungry.com) Lines: 31 Message-ID: <8761fa8d28.fsf@ahungry.com> References: <7042230.1qFRREbRTf@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7c986cd4736462de309a749b207746fe"; logging-data="12763"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194zu42f6nicJ3BOcOm05Do" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AIMLg2Dluc14dKGlLJJxXiI7S44= sha1:OQZzJdpusEwEmQtx1R0MnJql/7k= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:14384 Jerry Stuckle writes: > On 10/23/2014 5:09 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Christoph M. Becker wrote: >> >>> BTW: this is an English speaking newsgroup. :) >> >> No, like other newsgroups in the Big 8, this is an _international_ >> newsgroup. As a result, all natural languages are acceptable. >> However, because the /lingua franca/ of computer science and >> technology so far is English, of all the postings in all the natural >> languages, those in English are, in general, the most likely to be >> understood, thus to get useful/helpful replies. >> >> For discussions in one’s native language other than English, posting >> instead to the corresponding local newsgroup, if there is any, is >> recommended. In this case (Croatian), however, there appears to be >> none; all the more reason to accept (but to not recommend) such >> postings here. >> >> > > Wrong again. This is an English language newsgroup. The fact it is one > of the Big 8 is completely immaterial. > > But pedantic trolls don't understand that. Sorry for a noob question - what's the big 8? (new to usenet myself) -- Matthew Carter (m@ahungry.com) http://ahungry.com