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::: (Yes, you misunderstood, I am NOT suggesting using what you described --- concerning the '''S''' and '''T'''s.) I use Aurora (Firefox 21.0a2) for all my internet needs. I see that Firefox renders all of Whitespace programs as pure blanks on my system, while Microsoft's Internet Explorer shows "blocked" colors (for matters of privacy, speed, and such; I don't/won't use MS IE). So it appears that I would have to use MS IE to even view the Whitespace programs on Rosetta Code. I never had even thought of not including or excluding languages (because or lack of valid solutions or any other criteria, joke languages not withstanding). My (incorrect) flagging was based on lack of output as per the task's requirements (you had removed my incorrect flag ''in toto'', and I was just about to remove the ''missing source'' part of the incorrect flag). I can understand your sensitivity to having one language example marked as incorrect while there are others also incorrect (missing output). That doesn't make it correct, however. Most likely, if somebody else marks the others as incorrect, the incorrect flags would probably just be removed anyway, with the same reasoning. I won't poke that hornet's nest again. Having a discussing about what is incorrect vs. correct, me thinks, in this context is a fruitless endeavor and probably nothing will be resolved. If missing output (as per the task's requirements) isn't incorrect, then will the flags that I've observed for (other) incorrect flags for missing output (in other Rosetta Code tasks) be removed or amended? Most likely not. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 18:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC) |
::: (Yes, you misunderstood, I am NOT suggesting using what you described --- concerning the '''S''' and '''T'''s.) I use Aurora (Firefox 21.0a2) for all my internet needs. I see that Firefox renders all of Whitespace programs as pure blanks on my system, while Microsoft's Internet Explorer shows "blocked" colors (for matters of privacy, speed, and such; I don't/won't use MS IE). So it appears that I would have to use MS IE to even view the Whitespace programs on Rosetta Code. I never had even thought of not including or excluding languages (because or lack of valid solutions or any other criteria, joke languages not withstanding). My (incorrect) flagging was based on lack of output as per the task's requirements (you had removed my incorrect flag ''in toto'', and I was just about to remove the ''missing source'' part of the incorrect flag). I can understand your sensitivity to having one language example marked as incorrect while there are others also incorrect (missing output). That doesn't make it correct, however. Most likely, if somebody else marks the others as incorrect, the incorrect flags would probably just be removed anyway, with the same reasoning. I won't poke that hornet's nest again. Having a discussing about what is incorrect vs. correct, me thinks, in this context is a fruitless endeavor and probably nothing will be resolved. If missing output (as per the task's requirements) isn't incorrect, then will the flags that I've observed for (other) incorrect flags for missing output (in other Rosetta Code tasks) be removed or amended? Most likely not. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 18:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC) |
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:::: I do not read the task as requiring the output to be shown, merely "produced" to some destination unspecified. The fact that the output is arbitrarily large only reinforces this interpretation, to my mind. --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] 19:00, 18 March 2013 (UTC) |
:::: I do not read the task as requiring the output to be shown, merely "produced" to some destination unspecified. The fact that the output is arbitrarily large only reinforces this interpretation, to my mind. --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] 19:00, 18 March 2013 (UTC) |
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::::: I think it is good to add output if you can and it's not too long, or add a statement that the output is the same as for another language example if you must. Sadly a lot of contributors share the view that if there is any way of completing the letter of the task without showing output - then they will not show it. <br>Oh well. That's life :-)<br> --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 19:20, 18 March 2013 (UTC) |