"Peter van Rooijen" squeak@vanrooijen.com wrote:
From: "Tim Rowledge" tim@sumeru.stanford.edu [snip]
You are correct, I don't need to lecture you on how Smalltalk works. It
also
goes without saying that since you have been 'making it professionally
for
twenty years', your judgments about it are much more valuable than
whatever
opinion I might have about it.
Excessive humility is at least as big a sin as excessive pride. Say three Hail Alans and write out the morphic hierarchy 100 times in expiation.
Tim, I have no problem with you, or anyone else, displaying arrogance. In fact, in most instances, I will enjoy it.
At the same time, there is a line between arrogance and verbal abuse. You have crossed that line in one big step.
Peter - I am pretty sure Tim was joking for most part here. I thought it was pretty funny to read. And you *did* sound pretty ironic (the sentence beginning with "You are correct, ...") so a little "punchback" was just to be expected IMHO.
Come on now guys, shake hands and let us continue. :-)
Regards,
Peter van Rooijen Amsterdam
regards, Göran