Re: Cocoa Newbie Question.

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 piscesboy <oraclmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Jun 12, 8:24 am, Dave Seaman <dsea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:05:19 -0700 (PDT), piscesboy wrote:
> > > On Jun 11, 10:18 pm, Dave Seaman <dsea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:05:58 -0700 (PDT), piscesboy wrote:
> >
> > >> >> By the way, "test" is a very poor choice for the name of an 
> > >> >> executable
> > >> >> program.  Don't be surprised if executing the program appears to

> > >> >> produce
> > >> >> no response at all, since "test" is a shell builtin.
> > >> > It is in fact a "test".  A dummy program that I built to learn
about
> > >> > Objective-C. It isn't meant to be proprietary software or a final
> > >> > release at all. I have exactly 24 hours worth of Objective-C
> > >> > experience as of this posting, so I am very much a novice at this
> > >> > stuff.
> >
> > >> Evidently you didn't read my explanation of why "test" is a poor
choice
> > >> for naming an executable program.  I was not suggesting anything at
all
> > >> about what kind of program it is, but only what is likely to happen
when
> > >> you type "test", expecting this to run your program.
> >
> > > Evidently, you don't understand the difference between an executable
C
> > > file and a shell command.
> >
> > I learned that difference around 1980.  It's the difference I was
trying
> > to explain to you, but it went over your head on the first try.
> 
> LOL I wasn't even born in 1980 and I still understood it not even out
> of high school. And, no, you weren't trying to explain the difference
> between an executable C file and a shell command, I did that to you
> after your ignorant post. What you were doing was trying to exert your
> superiority over someone who was asking for your help just like you're
> doing now. It's posts like this that make me hate using usenet and
> interacting with people like you.

I just *love* people who think it's their right to educate other people 
as to what their own motivations were. Congratulations on virtually 
ensuring that you're not going to get help for your next Cocoa newbie 
question. Very efficient of you.

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