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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:42:54 +0100, "Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no> wrote:
* Giovanni Dicanio:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:13ush6uugri794@corp.supernews.com...
Silly me.
Pardon me, but I'm laughing.
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PS: Why post so much rubbish, trying to goad someone into helping you and
making a fool of yourself, when you can simply /ask/? I don't understand.
But I assume "Joseph M. Newcomer" is not your real name.
That is his real name, indeed: he is Joe, and he gives important and quality
contributions in the MFC newsgroup, and also writes very interesting essays
in his web-site (www.flounder.com).
Everyone can make mistakes, and you can correct him, or disagree with some
of Joe's point.
But I don't like the fact that you are offending him: that is *not* good.
I don't think /I/ am telepathic enough to say that he's offended by what I wrote.
And I think you should not presume any such thing.
That said, it's generally a good idea to check facts before posting, and not
employ ridicule and sarcasm when you haven't (I'm referring to Joseph's use of
quotation marks to indicate "incorrect" use of terms, and his last question),
especially when it then turns out you're quite wrong on the factual. As I
wrote, it would be a much better idea to just /ask/. Like, for example, "This
is unknown to me, could you elaborate, please?".
Hmmm. I think I've established that I was correct: the compiler knows nothing about COM.