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: wholeheartedly seconded. can you tell us what you meant by your (inappropriate?) flagging and/or provide a better "solution" to this task? --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 07:02, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
:: It seems to me that the author of the task is not "hindered by any knowledge". For as I know, REXX has NO garbage collector. Take also in account that the writer makes ill-formed metadata (causing problems on other browsers then MS Internet Explorer) without knowing the difference between a breaking and non-breaking space (as shown in the <code>_<space></code> and several double space), then the contributor must be a novice.
::: There is no reason to level ''ad hominem'' attacks against the author (or anyone else) by what you ''seem'' to know. Even if you know it to be true, Rosetta Code isn't the place to resort to that sort of behavior. Write what you know, and don't make assumptions about the depth of another's knowledge. The REXX computing programming language has garbage collection. What I know or don't know about HTML formatting shouldn't be used as a reason to resort to personal attacks about my depth-of-knowledge of another computing programming language (REXX). The '''&nbsp;''' HTML tag is called a '''non-breaking space''' and is also known as a '''no-break space''', a '''hard space''', and a '''fixed space'''. It is a mechanism to prevent multiple-blank collapsing and it allows the HTML coder to force inclusion of extra blanks in HTML code when more white-space is wanted. The '''&nbsp;''' HTML tag also has other uses, such as being used for actual non-breaking space as between name titles, addresses, and other situations where a non-breaking blank is desired, in particular, as in cell (table) creation. I don't want to write a tutorial on the ''how-comes'' and ''why-fors'' of its use. The inclusion of white spade (one or more extra blanks) causes no problems with web browsers, it's their job to render HTML code. I hope that clears up your misunderstanding of breaking and non-breaking space(s). Also, I can't see why you make the decision to call that ill-formed metadata since you can (hopefully) see the results of why it is being used (and its results). Again, there is no reason to start throwing insults around for a lack of understanding of why I use particular HTML tags. In any case, that has nothing to do with writing REXX code and has no bearing on my knowledge of the REXX computing language. It is akin to me calling your programming skills deficient because you rollerskate badly. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:36, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
It also not '''fair''' that missing functionality is called oovice" utside the program language. If REXX is not "internet-fahig" then the language has to be ommited for such tasks. It give a distorted picture of the matter.--[[User:Siskus|Siskus]] ([[User talk:Siskus|talk]]) 12:08, 20 August 2014 (UT
: Er, no, Siskus. That isn't a valid reason to mandate that a language ''has to be omitted from such tasks''. The REXX language has no trigonometric, hyperbolic, or logarithms (or for that matter, even a square root function or a power function), but that isn't a reason to mark REXX to be omitted for that lack of features. I differ with you on how to deal with ''missing'' functionality. That's what programming languages do, if a language can use the host's functions, they can take advantage of that interface to perform a specific task; that's what an operating system is used for (among other things). Exactly what is the distorted picture of which you speak? -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:36, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
:: Could you please answer my question?--[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 18:02, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
::: looking at the task's description it seems to me that Scala is not really addressing it and neither is REXX. Anyway, calling a Rexx expert "novice" is an inappropriate insult. We all try to teach and learn and avoid calling colleagues names. --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 18:49, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
:::: For those readers who are in the dark, the '''Arena storage pool''' is the Rosetta Code task being discussed. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:36, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
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