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From: Arne Vajhøj on 7 Feb 2010 20:07
On 07-02-2010 01:54, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:50:22 -0500, Eric Sosman
> <esosman(a)ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>> The O.P. asked for "an example of Java code that searches
>> for all the files within a given Windows directory (and doesn't
>> recurse into subdirectories)."
>
> Sorry about that. I saw the word "recurse" and thought -- he needs
> help with recursion. I could see someone asking for help with
> recursion but not with File.list which is completely straightforward.
>
> Most newbie questions to me read like gibberish, so I tend just to
> skim them, even when they are coherent. I pick out a few keywords and
> guess what the user is actually asking.

That is not particular respectful for the people writing and reading
here.

> Most of you are much better at
> interpreting them literally.
>
> I am more interested in the general audience than the particular
> newbie, so it is not of paramount importance that I answer their
> question specifically, just that I put out something useful on the
> general topic. I figure a newbie asking a particular question is
> probably lacking in background. With background, they can often
> answer their own question. I generally frown on spoon feeding. I
> like to make the newbie stretch a bit.

Well - in this case you did not reply to a newbie but to Eric.

Arne
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