Wow...
I spent quite of time trying to understand the List Owner's message.
To avoid any misunderstanding, I have never intended to offend anyone
and yes, I firmly believe that most people do have a grain of
curiosity.
I also believe, that not having curiosity is not something offensive
and I do have close friends that are not of the curious type.
Everybody is unique and this is not offensive but valuable.
I apologize to anyone, who could have interpreted the message in a
different way.
Cheers,
Dimitre
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:41 AM, XSL-List Owner
<xsl-list-owner(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > > > Just read the relevant W3 Specs and any good XSLT book.
>
> You could reply with that to any question...
>
not really, the relevant W3 specs are not meant to be read by users
of the language but implementors.
While user-friendliness is often not a goal, no such specification
forbids anyone from reading it, and users with a grain of curiosity
usually do.
Friends --
I hadn't realized quite how acrimonious this discussion had become. CALM
DOWN.
Name-calling is unhelpful, and unwelcome on XSL-List. By that I mean that
implying that users who don't read specifications don't have "a grain of
curiosity" is rude. In my opinion, it is also untrue. There are a lot of
users who have no interest in ploughing through specifications, but who
become expert on using the specified language and the tools that implement
it - because they have been curious about how they work, and have spent
considerable time learning that.
If there is substance to this discussion, please continue it without casting
aspersions on people who may have different interests and backgrounds to
your own. If you cannot discuss people and their varying levels of expertise
and interest respectfully, please drop this thread.
Thank you.
-- Tommie
(who really didn't get out of bed this morning expecting
to play list-Mommie)
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