RE: [avr-gcc-list] Kindness and respect.

[Jim Davis]

okay, okay, I get the message.  I appreciate the help.
I now can be the official poster child for RTFM.  : )
Im over it already, sorry if anyone was offended.
Can we get back to business now?

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Dave Hansen [mailto:address@hidden
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:43 PM
> >To: address@hidden; address@hidden; address@hidden
> >Subject: RE: [avr-gcc-list] Kindness and respect.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: "Jim Davis" <address@hidden>
> >
> >>Alan,
> >>Thanks for the kind words.  I was feeling a bit slapped, because tone
> >
> >Who slapped you?  As I see it, you got a very helpful
> >informative answer.  A
> >different poster questioned this response, and was directed to
> >approriate
> >sources.
> >
> >>does not transmit via email.. only words.  terse words are easily
> >>misunderstood. RTFM is not terse, its rude.  I did read the manual, and
> >
> >But you didn't _get_ a RTFM.  If anyone got an RTFM, it was
> >Jeff.  And he
> >didn't either: he got (paraphrasing) "This is a standard C
> >thing, nothing
> >special to do with AVR or GCC, there's lots of info on it out
> >there, look
> >here or here or here."
> >
> >>would like to kick myself for not understanding it right away.  Once
> >>clarity
> >>comes it can be so obvious.  You are right to suggest that some
> >of us are
> >>not as familiar with the territory as others, and some compassion would
> >>go a long way.
> >
> >As I see it, the conversation went like this:
> >
> >   Jim: <summary> What is the proper way to tell the compiler what to do
> >here?
> >
> >   Zane: <summary> Make sure you've declared command as "volatile"
> >
> >   Jeff: <in toto> "volatile"?
> >         [I'm not even sure what the question is --DH]
> >
> >   Eric: <in toto> Go look at a good C book, or ask on the comp.lang.c
> >newsgroup.
> >
> >   Dave (not me): <summary> Here's an online reference:
> >
> >   Alan (objecting to Eric's response): <paraphrase> Can't we
> >all just get
> >along?
> >
> >My answer: I thought we were...
> >
> >The best advice so far in this thread was Eric's final message:
> ><paraphrase>
> >Read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.
> >
> >Apologies for wasting more bandwidth on this.
> >   -=Dave
> >
> >