So I have been dropped from Planet Lisp, scarcely two months after being added. I wonder if that’s a record of some kind? Apparently, the maintainer found my tone too didactic and my knowledge too lacking. Fair criticisms both, but I meant no harm. I’m certainly not trying to set myself up as a Lisp guru. I’m just trying to learn things, and one of the ways I do that is by writing out explanations as if I’m teaching myself. Publishing them on the web is the fastest way to find out where I’ve made mistakes.
I only started this blog a few months ago, so I’m still exploring the form and what I want to do with it. I won’t let the infamous Common Lisp “community” scare me way just yet. I’ll continue writing, I hope others will continue reading.
Even bad publicity is good. I had no idea who you were until they decided to drop you. So, I just added your feed to my NetNewsWire after they decided to drop you. Happy Blogging.
Yeah, just added you to the subscribed feeds (Firefox + Sage).
I wonder if that’s a record of some kind?
To my knowledge, you are the first to be voted off.
I’m just trying to learn things, and one of the ways I do that is by writing out explanations as if I’m teaching myself. Publishing them on the web is the fastest way to find out where I’ve made mistakes.
I think you should at least take home the fact that this approach can annoy a variety of smart folks. This is not only true for the “Common Lisp Community”.
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… obviously Perl community is nicer :)
Those who visited http://www.perlmonks.org know for sure.
On the other hand, those people who do bridges between languages are doing very important jobs (not only from technical point of view!)
So, I consider your addition as very helpful.