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From:
merlyn
Date:
August 20, 2009 15:13
Subject:
Re: Perl "expert"
Message ID:
86vdkixhgc.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com
>>>>> "Ian" == Ian <pcs305@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Ian wrote :
>>> This is how I would do it.
I don't think that's strong enough to clearly state "I have not tested this,
but I hope this works". I would read that as "of all the possible ways
that you can do this, I've done it this way, and found this to be the best."
(And I haven't read the rest of the thread, but I'm guessing that it actually
didn't work.)
I hope you can see the difference in meanings. If you can't,
step back a bit, and err on the side of always saying "I think this might
work...". :)
What people want to know if you post an answer is if they're using
a proven solution or not.
If you imply that you have a proven solution, you are lying to them. I ask
that you don't lie in that way. But nobody would fault you for saying
"this is not a proven solution... I'm guessing that the following might
work".
That's really *ALL* we ask. Be truthful here. You can be at any expertise,
and provide an answer (right or wrong), but don't *lie* about your level of
confirmation for the result.
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