I think that Matthew and you have the same opinion... these people don't actually want to know so they won't read the answer no matter where it is. Here's an idea... a programming language/library where every question can answer in a few simple sentences with no need for any long explanations, ever? The perfect language for the modern programming student and SO addict?
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alexis King <lexi.lam...@gmail.com> wrote: > I appreciate your input, Matthew, but the location of the documentation > is a separate conversation—the point seems to be that the current > documentation is insufficient. Throwing a whole book at someone who is > confused about apostrophes in their programs’ output is not an ideal > answer, in my opinion. Remember: users don’t read. > >> On Feb 7, 2016, at 15:35, Matthew Butterick <chronf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> BTW, as further evidence of Racket's comparative longevity and tenacity: the >> current pairs & lists explainer has been part of the online docs since v4.0, >> which was released — fact-checkers, you can correct me — before Stack >> Overflow even existed. So really, one canonical RTFM on the first day >> should've sufficed for all time. But the reputation-points economy wants >> what it wants. >> >> Then: >> http://download.plt-scheme.org/doc/4.0/html/guide/Pairs__Lists__and_Scheme_Syntax.html >> >> Now: >> http://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/Pairs__Lists__and_Racket_Syntax.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Jay McCarthy Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
