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

[Eric]

At SO, if you were new then you would not have enough rep to make that
comment; in which case you would have to leave an answer. Then you would
get down votes for not using an answer properly, and then lose rep.

By the way, do you have an account there?

:)


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Jim Idle <jimi at temporal-wave.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest
> > Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-
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