At 11:19 AM -0800 1/25/02, Wizard wrote:
> > See the FAQ.
>This really isn't a very good answer for several reasons (I know the answer,
>but that doesn't matter):
>1.> There is no link to the FAQ on the Perl6 page (that I could find
>anyway).
> (http://www.panix.com/~ziggy/parrot.html - I think this it)
>2.> "See the FAQ" for what? Not using CPP? Not asking stupid questions? Why?
>
>There were a lot of complaints about this in the past regarding the newbie
>community, and we really need to make an extra effort to ensure that parrot
>doesn't get bad press by repeating the same mistakes. RTFM is often just the
>lazy man's answer (even if it is often the right answer - "Is it plugged
>in?").
This is a good point. We can fix the FAQ link, and we should put it
into the repository, but I think we should avoid the really terse "go
check the FAQ" sorts of answers. Mostly terse "Why we don't do X is
answered in the FAQ" is OK as there's at least a little context there.
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Dan
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