In article <960af9f3-c445-4d6d-b277-76a123ee4...@s28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, Carl Banks <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote: >On May 26, 7:48=A0am, Gary Herron <gher...@islandtraining.com> wrote: >> >> The proper response to a question like this has to be >> =A0 =A0http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> as anything else is complete guesswork. > >Is there a Cliff's Notes version of this? > >I may be a cynic but I would think the people who ask bad questions >are the same sort of people who won't have the patience to sit though >this behemoth of an essay.
Perhaps linking directly to this would help: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before The table of contents contains a good summary for actually asking questions. Overall, I'm inclined to agree with people who argue that the smart questions essay is a good filter; someone unwilling to put in the work of reading and understanding it is also unwilling to put in the effort to ask good questions. I mean, I re-read most of that essay once every couple of years myself. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ my-python-code-runs-5x-faster-this-month-thanks-to-dumping-$2K- on-a-new-machine-ly y'rs - tim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
