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Richard Erlacher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [Sdcc-user] documentation & open source generally > On Sep 5, 2008, at 6:18 AM, Art Clarke wrote: >> Learning from others is a good way of getting started but is no >> substitute for original thought (or action for that matter). > > I thought original thought had been made illegal in the USA. > > But, sad jokes aside, this is excellent advice...and advice that > FAR too few people follow. Having recently assumed a somewhat > fatherly role to a teenage boy recently (my girlfriend's son), I've > learned that "I don't know how!" is the way today's teenagers get out > of doing just about anything. Perhaps that attitude is leaking into > the adults as well. > > -Dave > The point, however, is to document what the software suite is SUPPOSED to do, and not necessarily what it is OBSERVED to do. That's why it's so unfortunate that the doc's weren't written before the first line of code, rather than as an afterthought. > > Dave McGuire > Port Charlotte, FL > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
