From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23131 invoked by alias); 2 Jun 2005 03:26:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maligning List Received: (qmail 23090 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jun 2005 03:26:00 -0000 Received: from [210.23.117.75] (HELO mail.hq.astra.ph) (210.23.117.75) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:26:00 +0000 Received: from [192.168.10.32] (thorin.hq1.astra.ph [192.168.10.32]) by mail.hq.astra.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD06A69D for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:22:13 +0800 (PHT) Message-ID: <429E7C39.8000303@hq.astra.ph> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:29:00 -0000 From: Carlo Florendo User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Cygwin-Talk Maligning List Subject: Re: Serious performance problems (malloc related?) References: <20050602024610.10D13A32A@mail.hq.astra.ph> In-Reply-To: <20050602024610.10D13A32A@mail.hq.astra.ph> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00332.txt.bz2 Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: cygwin-talk-owner@WHAT_MAILER___ARGHHHHHHH.. >>[mailto:cygwin-talk-owner@ZZZZZZZZZZ] On Behalf Of Carlo Florendo >> >> Can't you teach your mailer to behave? http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR This has been told to you, IIRC, many times. >>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:08 PM >>To: The Cygwin-Talk Maligning List >>Subject: Re: Serious performance problems (malloc related?) >> >> >[snip] > > >>What a way to start this day! Ladies and gentemen, here we >>have the live episode of the ranting, maligning, >> >> > >Again I ask, what "maligning" would you and others be referring to? If I >have in any way "maligned" anybody, I demand the opportunity to "un-malign" >them. > > > >>rants-against-abusive-behaviour-discussions on the >>cygwin-talk list. >>Aside from Lionel B., I would have to declare that this >>thread is again getting to be enjoyable! >> >>CGF *doesn't* need to change. IIRC, cgf says he writes the way he >>writes because it's fun. >> >> > >In his latest statement on the topic, >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2005-q2/msg00279.html, he mentions nothing >about "fun". > Yes, he doesn't. However, in a related posting--in a reply to one of your mails, he says all these is for fun. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg00007.html >"As it turns out, for the most part, the way that I conduct myself provides >me with the results that I want. [...] Other people who want to change >things but don't have a clear idea about what they want to do and only know >that they are angry because I'm not nice to them, and won't give their >half-formed thoughts the consideration they know they deserve, eventually go >away. Which is exactly what I want to happen." > >Frankly, I'd prefer the "fun" explanation. Unfortunately, I've been around >long enough that I can believe neither. > > > >> I really still can't believe that >>some take >>the cygwin meanness very seriously to the point of being >>concerned about the behaviour of cgf. Really! >> >>The cygwin list has become a list where where the cygwin >>gurus have set the culture of letting people learn to help >>themselves first before anything else. That's the reason for >>the thousands of times when postings are answered with "go to >>"http://cygwin.com/problems.html" or "goto >>http://cygwin.com/lists.html", or, with a pointer to the >>correct list. >> >> > >Nobody is discussing such posts, not me anyway. Why do you and some others >(one other?) believe any of this chronic issue is related to pointing people >to web pages? I truly don't follow. > > > You know why? Because it's fun. :) And it helps people to help themselves. If you don't understand that, I can't imagine what you can? >Since the rest of your post is based on this erroneous premise, I shall >refrain from further comment. > > > Great! IMHO, It's best for everyone to stop ranting about cgf's behavior--or style. He's mean. So, what? You care? I don't. If others do, that's their problem. They will be wasting their time caring about his style. Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Astra Philippines Inc. www.astra.ph