On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Davies, Nathan wrote:
> >
> >> Oh, shut-up. I mean really, we all feel sorry for any unenviable
> >i am not asking for people to feel sorry for me. All i am saying is every
> >one once was a newbie coder at one time or another, no i really didnt know
> >whole lot about coding ,but i was starting to kinda get the hang of it and
> >understand it. I would explain more, but i am sure no one wants to here
> >about it. The point is dan i am trying to learn and no matter if its you
> >or the President of the U.S trying to stop me (by flame i mean) I will
> >Learn the C coding.
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> First off, Daniel...Your way too harsh...
No hes not. Daniel was totally on the mark (for the first time?),
and am glad that he replied before me, cause mine would of been tons more
harsher.
>
> Secondly...not everyone started out as a 'newbie' coder...especially
> concerning muds...I taught myself C++ many years ago, by buying a C++
> book, and reading it...I learned C++ quite well, without a
> compiler...which might make you wonder, cuz it confuses the hell outta
> me why I was learning it if I couldn't yet use it...:P
>
> Seriously though...All 'newbie' coders should go get a book, read it,
> try to understand it, then ask absurd questions :)
Hmm, Thats pretty much what Daniel, and everyone else has said.
Instead, we constantly get messages usually from the same people that
don't want to learn, or make excuses why they don't know how to code.
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