Re: Virgin tables

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

Lorenzo Donati wrote:
[snip]
> This would smooth considerably their learning curve. I think that for a 
> newbia is more frustrating to have the usual (on this mailing list) 
> reply "but you can do that with these two lines of Lua code..." followed 
> by some idiom that leaves one puzzled for a while (see tricks with 'gsub 
> ' or 'match') (please don't beat me with a stick, I actually got to love 
> some of these tricks _now_ ;-) :-) )
And as for the names: virgin, holes, etc., well the adjective 
'inappropriate' is an euphemism.

I know several female colleagues of mine who would rightfully beat with 
a stick whoever forced them to use such idioms, even in a programming 
environment.

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Lorenzo