While I think JustSid has given a perfect possible ending statement for this thread, I just want to note that I really, really doubt that Petra's post was ever intended to be interpreted this way.

Here we have a guy who took time out of his day to help someone figure out whats wrong with the code, and even adding a relatively easy to understand explanation to it, and then, everything goes to hell because in his final "cheer up, this is easy to miss and it happened to everyone"-statement, he used the word "beginner".

I, for one, say that he deserves a honest "Thank you" for the help he's given (and please let's consider this sentence to be exactly that), and not two pages of bitter complains about the usage of the word "beginner".

EDIT: Well, reading through this again, those "complains" aren't really that hostile. I'll leave this here for completeness, but I admit that "two pages of bitter complains" are a bit exaggerated hyperbole. End of Edit.

As far as jcl's reply goes, well, I guess that's just his style. This has happened so often by now that I don't think anyone believes someone receiving a reply like this in return is stupid or a bad programmer. Plus, I believe even the most experienced coders can tell stories on how it took them hours to find a stupid beginner-type mistake (This, come to think of it, would also make an entertaining Morbius-thread).


Also, I really don't understand the fixation on "var". Why does str_setchr require a var as the last parameter (even named "char")? It is a mystery (Or, perhaps, compatability).