Hal E. Fulton
7/18/2007 9:22:00 PM
Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <a33af2d2043f5d6d32a85875c43a9277@ruby-forum.com>, Joe Wiltrout writes:
>> I will use my google skills now, TO FIND BETTER HELP. All of these tips
>> were agravating, annoying, useless, telling me what I did wrong, telling
>> me to do stupid stuff like that hellish Hello World crap, or all of the
>> above. Not to mention, im going straight to dam C++. I have a better
>> chance if I tackle the lion with my sword and shield rather than wait
>> until the lion is hungry and attack it with the knoledge how to kill a
>> baby lion. If you don't get the anology, your not as smart as you think
>> you are.
>
> It's a very bad analogy for the reality. You're telling people who regularly
> take out elephants with combat knives how to hunt.
>
> I think the best analogy would be that, since you're finding crawling
> unacceptably slow, you've decided to go straight to the skateboard. Good
> luck with that.
And that is a good analogy. But let's all give him a break -- he's
obviously years away from finishing high school.
Joe, you have my sympathy, but between Hello-world and "make a weapon
move in a game" there is still a hellishly long learning gap.
You simply can't run a marathon until you have learned to walk.
Hal