# Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representa

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-hash-apparently-reorder-its-internal-representa/66004>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 22, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-hash-apparently-reorder-its-internal-representa/66004 "2006-08-22T20:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-hash-apparently-reorder-its-internal-representa/66004/1 "2006-08-22T20:51:33Z")

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Dear Spamhater,

When it gets ad hominem is when I perceive it as an attack. Staying  
strictly to the subject does not get seen this way. I only took issue  
with it because I dislike the tenor that it sets for the list.  
Uncooperative, unhelpful, arrogant, argumentative people such as  
yourself are a blight.

Yours and one or two others’ emails were (loosely) ad hominem, not  
strictly in so far as the argument is concerned because there wasn’t  
much being put by way of an argument by me to begin with (as much as  
you seem to wish to disagree with this), but in so far as where  
criticisms were being directed.

I could successfully argue how it is that I disagree with you in  
respect of the various unchallenged claims that you’ve made but I  
couldn’t be stuffed. It isn’t worth it as of some time ago. So, I’m  
going to follow my own advice now.

t

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-why-does-hash-apparently-reorder-its-internal-representa/66004/2 "2006-08-22T22:31:47Z")

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[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote in message  
news:f07a9ed5114e65bbdddb855068092341@shiny…

> Dear Spamhater,
> 
> When it gets ad hominem is when I perceive it as an attack. Staying  
> strictly to the subject does not get seen this way. I only took issue  
> with it because I dislike the tenor that it sets for the list.  
> Uncooperative, unhelpful, arrogant, argumentative people such as yourself  
> are a blight.

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I couldn't help but notice you haven't quoted anything.
It would be helpful to see exactly what you interpreted as an "ad

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hominem" attack so that I may avoid it in the future, especially when  
responding to you. It was never my intention to attack you and I have  
never wrote anything to do so.

> Yours and one or two others’ emails were (loosely) ad hominem, not  
> strictly in so far as the argument is concerned because there wasn’t much  
> being put by way of an argument by me to begin with (as much as you seem  
> to wish to disagree with this), but in so far as where criticisms were  
> being directed.

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Criticism is not an attack. To what criticisms are you referring?

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