<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Maybe you need to reread the other thread. Eric’s tone was clearly dismissive of the work of Java engineers, and attempting to blanket change something at the 11th hour is also highly dismissive.<div><br></div><div>Then responding with "<font color="#000000">Respectfully, I think we’re talking past each other a bit.” because I happened to state I felt Rust’s error handling was horrible - nothing towards Eric whatsoever. So then labelling my comments as “talking past him” to what degree of respectfulness is that?</font><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000">You can use measured words and still be highly disrespectful - that was my point. It’s the intent not the words.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"></font><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 19, 2025, at 3:40 PM, Robert Engels <robaho@me.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">You’re right - putting “respectfully” in front of something doesn’t make it respectful. Thanks for recognizing this.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 19, 2025, at 3:37 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz@oracle.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<font face="monospace" size="4">There's no call for this, and
putting "respectfully" on front of it doesn't make it respectful.
Eric has been unfailingly constructive, polite, and measured in
this thread. (In fact, all but one of the participants on this
thread have been.) <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/2025 1:59 PM, Robert Engels
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3E46B558-0957-4AD3-AB58-E444E7056174@me.com">Respectfully,
can you give it a rest.</blockquote>
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