Like throwaway999666, I don't believe that knowledge or experience is justification for being unkind. I try to be as kind and friendly and helpful as possible t

Like throwaway999666, I don't believe that knowledge or experience is justification for being unkind. I try to be as kind and friendly and helpful as possible to everyone who asks for help with Go. Obviously that didn't come across in the emails you're referring to, and I apologize for that. If you're willing to point to specific examples, I'm interested to look at them so I can adjust what I write in the future. Mail to rsc@golang.org is probably best, since this is getting a bit off-topic, but a reply here is fine too. The comparison with Linus is interesting to me, since I've always interpreted Linus's rants as real venom, not just theatrical style. But I don't know Linus, so maybe I'm misreading the rants.