Re: lurking


"Michele Dondi" <bik.mido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:24:25 -0400, "Wade Ward" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I just wanted to mention that I'm following the standard wisdom in this
forum to lurk for 2 weeks before waxing categorical.

Well done, but lurking is generally done in the shadow. So making this
public one may argue that you're meta-lurking. Or not? :-)
Maybe semi-lurking.

BTW: due to English not being my native language I can't understand
the "waxing categorical" expression: care to explain it?
Conversations "wax" on. When one speaks categorically, he is logical,
careful. He tries to account for all cases.

Our public library has a half a dozen decent references for perl.

And? Is this meant to be a positive or negative comment? (Too many?
Too few?)
Our libraries in the states are often glorified homeless shelters. A
half-dozen good sources on a computer language is good. We even have _The
Art of Computer Programming_. The language I use most is fortran. There is
not a single reference for that. Tja.
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