[FIX] ClassVarsFix-petervr (was:Sharedvariablesbinding/lookupbug)

goran.krampe at bluefish.se goran.krampe at bluefish.se
Mon Oct 13 16:02:27 UTC 2003


"Peter van Rooijen" <squeak at vanrooijen.com> wrote:
> From: "Tim Rowledge" <tim at 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



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