[antlr-interest] contemplating a move of mailing list to stackoverflow.com

[Jim Idle]

I like fish.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-
> bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:27 PM
> To: Terence Parr
> Cc: stringtemplate-interest at antlr.org List; ANTLR interest
> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] contemplating a move of mailing list to
> stackoverflow.com
>
> Hi all,
>
> I think killing off this list is a bad idea because the format here
> complements the format at StackOverflow. We need both, but I do agree
> that people should make use of both not just this list.
>
> I just started using StackOverflow (SO) a few months ago and have spent
> some serious hours just getting used to it.
>
> Long story short.
>
> 1. Simple questions, simple answers.
>
> 2. The reputation game.
>
> 3. Vote counts do not always mean right answer or good question.
>
> 4. The serial upvoting detector. Yes Ter that was me, the mods taught
> me how to get around it.
>
> 5. Having your questions and answers scrutinized by people who don't
> even use ANTLR.
>
> 6. Losing lots of freedoms you have here.
>
> 7. Some people here who have implied reputations will lose them because
> they are new to SO.
> 8. All post becoming
>
> 9. More fish answers than fishing answers. In other words, people tend
> to give you a fish instead of teaching you to fish.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
>
> Eric
>
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