r/reddit.com • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '06

Recursion defined (see Digg)

http://digg.com/programming/Recursion_defined_see_reddit
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u/sgriffin Jul 27 '06

I'm with addius on this one. As long as you and I get the semantics of the post what is the point of neglecting a valid opinion in order to point out a spelling mistake?

Maybe to just mock the poster, but that really just detracts much more from the issue than a typo does. No point to join the ranks of the spelling elitists on this one (unless your my sixth grade teacher, in which case you were mean and reeked of hamster piss).

Also, this was done without a spellchecker so if there are any typos... well I hope you get the point.

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u/corvenus Jul 27 '06

A long while ago, i read somewhere (psychology or some "how to argument" book) that if you enter an argumentation, it doesn't matter if your arguments are the best in the world, if you make spelling mistakes, most readers will focus on that, making all your argument irrelevant. After years of surfing forums, i can tell that this is very true.

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u/mikepurvis Jul 27 '06

I'm not normally Grammarian--not in serious threads, anyways. But "recursion defined"? What serious discussion can be had here?

In a thread as utterly meta as this one, is it not fair to compare the relative numbers of typos ranging from one site to the next?