2009/3/18 Philippe Veber <philippe.veber@googlemail.com>:
> Suggestions to have this thread die quickly:
> 1. be more polite, and don't treat people with different opinions like lazy
> ignorants that should read *your* reference textbook before talking.

Err, Xah didn't sound offensive to me.
If I take "For those of you ignorant of the basics", literally (wich I
think was intended), the only way to be offended is to have an
*uninformed* different opinion.  I took this phrase personally because
I *am* Ignorant of the basics.  The book he proposed may convey a
particular ideology, but  I can't assume so.  And no, I have no right
to say anything about economics, until I have a clue beyond my salary.

Now, I may have misunderstood you. Sorry If I have.

> […]
> 2. be more aggressive […]

Anyway, your main point remains.

> And then, maybe we could go back to "stuff that matters", like mixins, GADT,
> ocamlbuild and camlp4 documentation, native opengl GUIs, LLVM compilation,
> batteries etc ... all those topics for which this list (and its members) are
> so valuable !

You're right. *That* is our business.

Cheers,
Loup