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Richard Erlacher ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Sdcc-user] documentation & open source generally > >> > Did you try to compile anything yet???????????? >> >> Certainly not! One has to know what the outcome will be before one runs >> a >> program. > > Why? Whatcha afraid of? > I don't want to waste my time. It's a waste of time to "try something" if you don't know what the outcome is supposed to be. > >> > What happened? >> >> I got a virus warning when I downloaded the v2.8.2 files. >> >> I didn't get that warning after a second download, > > So, I guess there really was no virus, after all????????????? > Maybe it is just *your* system that has the virus??? > > But what I meant was: "what happened when you ran the compiler?" > You really need to take a little more of the responsibility for > figuring this out yourself. Only a fool would try to learn this > without ever trying to run the compiler. > > Do you always take this approach to learning something new? > > Did you learn to drive a car (assuming you did) by reading a manual? > No, I had someone who knew exactly what he was doing (My Dad) demonstrate it for me and subsequently guide me through the process. And, ... in answer to your previous question, when I was a boy, curious about a new subject, I'd read every book in the library about that subject, and then begin to experiment. It doesn't help to poke around, until you have some idea of what to expect. > > Do you think fighter pilots train by just reading manuals? > No, but they do learn the basics by reading the instructions, and no sane person would attempt to fly without fully understanding the basics, going through months of simulator training, etc, before getting into the cockpit and attempting to take off. Then they are attended by expert instructors. > > Maybe you would like to learn to ski, by reading a f*ing manual??? > Hmmm ... I've never seen a manual that could do that! I don't remember how I learned. I learned it the same year I learned to walk. I couldn't yet read back then. > > How many chess players taught themselves to play by just reading, > and never playing a game until they were at expert level? > The first 100 games were at beginner level, just like most folks, but they learned the rules and the moves, and the basic openings, and basic endgames by reading. It wouldn't matter how many games they played, until they'd read all the available materials dealing with openings, endgames, and mid-game strategies. The experts knew all that. There's no quicker way to benefit from the knowledge of others than to read their writings. > >> and found that the doc >> section under AS addresses a number of assemblers with this title, >> "ASxxxx Cross Assemblers, Version 1.7, November 1995 " > That was in the 2.8 package. Likewise, the 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, etc. There was no other ASM doc in the doc subdirectory. > > Perhaps you missed the 2.0 doc, in same directory???? I don't know > why the 1.7 is still there, I am pretty new around here myself. > I'm pretty sure I didn't miss it. There are only six files in that directory, and two of them are truncated at both ends. > > Randy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
