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Re: !p.symsize [message #23497 is a reply to message #23494]

Thu, 25 January 2001 15:36

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Mark Fardal (fardal@weka.astro.umass.edu) writes:

> these lurkers are often mentioned. do we have empirical evidence that
> they exist?

I think they are a myth. The only time I ever feel their
presence is in that sort of hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck
way that you sometimes feel when you imagine your stern old
grandmother is there looking over your shoulder. But that's only
when I say something unflattering about IDL on the newsgroup,
which is almost never. :-)

> Or is a widespread irrational belief in their existence
> and efficacy perhaps responsible for the unfortunate persistence of IDL bugs?

I'm afraid this may be the case. It's not
really their responsibility to fix bugs until
you report them. I feel the same way about
the IDL programs I make available on my web page.
To think otherwise is to doom yourself to a life
of grind and drudgery.

> Lurkers, feel free to de-lurk here. It would be as exciting as God
> deciding to present unambigous proof of her existence. (well, not quite.)

Indeed. But recent conversations with a few of them
convinces me its not going to happen. To bad, in my
view, because we could all use their insights.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: !p.symsize By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 25 January 2001 17:22
		Re: !p.symsize By: davidf on Thu, 25 January 2001 15:36
		Re: !p.symsize By: dirk on Thu, 25 January 2001 15:29
		Re: !p.symsize By: Mark Fardal on Thu, 25 January 2001 15:17
		Re: !p.symsize By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 25 January 2001 12:16
		Re: !p.symsize By: davidf on Thu, 25 January 2001 12:09

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