| SEND button experience [message #7992] |
Tue, 28 January 1997 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Phil Williams writes:
> Became instantly obvious once the send button was
> pushed and I admitted my stupidity!!! :)
I have been aware of this phenomenon myself. In fact, it
happened to me yesterday when I wrote a program with
a loop in it. The minute I touched that SEND button
I knew that a vector operation was required and that
I was due for a blizzard of e-mail this morning! :-)
But I have a theory. I don't think that any significant
learning can occur without an element of risk.
Most of the time what we risk is looking stupid
or foolish if what we write, what we commit to,
is wrong.
But so what? I don't think it is any accident that I have
learned more about IDL in the past 3-4 months since
I started posting on this newsgroup than I had in the
previous two years. It is perhaps not too much of a
leap to think that posting on this newsgroup can be
the way to IDL enlightenment. :-)
So I just wanted to ask more of you to post. There
are an awful lot of talented IDL programmers out there.
We all have a lot we can learn from each other. And with
IDL 5.0 due to be released soon, God knows we are going
to need all the help we can get. :-(
So here's my hat off to Phil Williams, Mitchell
Grunes, Peter Mason, Mark Rivers, Stein Vidar,
Andy Loughe, David Foster, Brian Jackel, William
Thompson, Christian Soeller, R. Bauer, and all the
others who are willing to look that SEND button in
the eye and share their knowledge with others! I
appreciate it and I know others do too.
Best Regards,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
2642 Bradbury Court, Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: 970-221-0438 Fax: 970-221-4762
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com
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