Re: java or C++ ??
On Jan 30, 5:33 pm, "Luc The Perverse"
<sll_noSpamlicious_z_XX...@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
"Andrew Thompson" <andrewtho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
On Jan 30, 2:24 am, "Chris Uppal" wrote:
This would be a reasonable example of a case where multi-posting is to be
preferred over cross-posting -- because the overlap of the C++ and Java
fanatics would almost certainly generate so much heat as to drown out the
more
interesting exchanges between the moderates in both camps.
Slogan: /anything/ is better than a flame-war -- even multi-posting.
I disagree with your conclusions
.....
it did somewhat surprise me that (any) people
might prefer multi-posting to a (potential)
flame-war.
I regretted crossposting from this group to sci.crypt when a flame war
erupted between Tom St Dennis and Roedy Green
OK. Chris' advice, together with your own
bad experience, suggests it might pay for
me to reconsider my attitude to x-posting/
multi-posting in the circumstance that it
crosses 'major hierarchies'* or could lead
to a potential flame war**.
* The folks on the HTML hate people x-posting
(for example) an JSP/HTML problem to c.l.j.p.
& comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html(?)
stating that x-posts should not be made across
'major hierarchies' of groups - I am not sure
quite what part of the group name represents
the 'major' hierarchy, though I usually consider
the comp.lang.java.* groups as a single
'major hierarchy'.
** I recongise that while flame wars can be fun
(for me at least) to watch, they can also become
very boring, and wasteful of bandwidth***, if the
participants degenerate into meaningless attacks
on each other, rather than focusing on the technical
points.
*** I also vaguely wonder if flame-wars turn out
to be the 'last straw' for technically proficient
people who get frustrated with the group, or
usenet in general, and 'opt out'.
Andrew T.