On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 03:25:00PM -0700, Westgate, Jared wrote: > Warning: opinionated text follows, so please don't take offense :)
I didn't see anything from which anyone should take any offence, unless you were talking about the length of your lines :-) > In fact, I occasionally find myself frustrated with the brevity of > many responses to people's questions. I think a lot of people are > using this list to learn, not just to be told what to do. I'm not > saying to write a novel out of each response, but a little detail can > be nice. You have to remember, a lot of people who are learning Perl > (and even many who are learning English) are using this list. Whilst I don't disagree with anything you say, you also have to remember that a lot of people who frequently reply to messages are very busy and may not have the time to go into details which may or may not have been required. Of course, posters can help here: http://perl.plover.com/Questions.html http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html But the very nature of this list almost dictates that many questions will not be in an ideal format. And we try to accommodate all comers. I usually try to do as many as appropriate of: - answer the question - provide a little commentary, general suggestions or other ideas to consider - give pointers to additional sources of information Appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, I also like to consider the question, prepare an accurate reply and test any code I provide. All this can take a surprising amount of time. So what I suppose I'm saying, in a rather long winded manner, is that if you (all) would like more information about anything in particular, please ask. I imagine that most of those who regularly answer questions here do it because they enjoy helping others to learn. With respect to the specific questions you did ask, I'm afraid I don't know the answers ;-) -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
