[kw-pm] Warnocked

Daniel R. Allen daniel at coder.com
Thu Feb 19 05:59:38 CST 2004


You were reading perl6 internals mailing list haven't you?...
google for jargon warnock.  Third link, from wired online (of all places):

"Warnock's Dilemma: The act of choosing whether the lack of response to a
discussion-list post is because of its brilliance (there's nothing to add)
or because of its stupidity (it doesn't deserve comment). Named after
Brian Warnock, who first described the condition on a Perl list."

...but the usage seems to be more subtle:
http://dev.perl.org/perl6/list-summaries/2003/p6summary.2003-08-31.html

"Jrgen gets De-Warnocked

Jrgen Bmmels had been caught on the horns of Warnock's Dilemma over a
patch he submitted a while back. It turns out that he'd been Warnocked in
part because both Leo and Dan thought he already had commit rights. So
that got fixed. Welcome to the ranks of Parrot committers Jrgen, you've
deserved it for a while."

So, being Warnocked is not knowing whether what you said was stupid, or
profound, so you don't follow up your own message, so it's ignored
forever.

...This exploration of perl jargon has been brought to you by the letters
M, P, and by the number 3.

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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, lloyd carr wrote:

> What does Warnocked mean?
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