J.C. Pizarro wrote on :
> On 2008/4/28 Ben Elliston wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 21:45 +0200, J.C. Pizarro wrote:
>>
>> > Don't be stupid!
>>
>> Could you be a bit more civil, please? It's fairly unusual for people
>> on this list to talk to each other in this way.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>
> Excuse me, i'm not the unique and first person that says you stupid, GCC
> did it too.
Even if that were so, two wrongs do not make a right.
> The "stupid" word can be a help, not only an offense.
>
> gcc/cp/decl.c: and in case doing stupid register allocation.
> gcc/c-aux-info.c: user may do something really stupid, like
> creating a brand new
The crucial difference you've overlooked is that all these comments are
describing some /thing/ as stupid, not some /person/. When you want to offer
what you hope will be /constructive/ criticism, try to de-personalise the
issues; it makes for more productive social interactions.
cheers,
DaveK
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