Re: Flame retardant
Re: Flame retardant
- Subject: Re: Flame retardant
- From: Nathan Zamecnik <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 00:08:16 -0500
I think a lot of people, when critisizing beginers is that they don't always
have Cocoa questions but programming questions that are rather
elementary....this is not a list for Objective-C exactally...although the
occasional question doesn't hurt, some people post question after question
when the answer is in the documentation on their computer....even basic C
questions are asked. A good question is one that has to do with a problem
and how Cocoa can fix it..."I need to do this, what is the best way to get
it done?"
A bad question is "where can I get Cocoa docs and books?!" and believe me,
we get that a lot.
Personally, I ignore these types of questions by not even considering a
reply, mainly because I don't want to make anyone feel bad with what my
reply would be, but I still have to read it and then delete.
I just wish people would consult the documentation more and stop asking
questions on VERY basic things, unless it's very relevant.
I do not consider myself a Cocoa master, but I can make a decent program and
discuss Cocoa topics but if I am stuck on something, like "how can I make an
NSString do this?" I will look in the NSString docs and find it, instead
many other people are lazy and do not want to consult their docs and end up
asking a question like that.
I don't know, it's not a big thing to me but it can be frustrating and takes
time to download all the extra eMails.
Questions the documentation can directly answer with a simple look up (get
Cocoa Browser) are bad, questions on concepts are good.
Also, a note to the newbies, looking through the docs is good....I mean
spend serious time in them....have a question, look it up and you will be
amazed with what else you learn...I sometimes think of ideas I cannot solve
just to look through the docs and discover more....when I have time anyways.
Thank's for reading my rant.
-- NAteZ
On 5/21/02 5:27 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
wrote:
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K, people. When newbies are saying things like this, there's *way* too much
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criticism going on. Shall we all stop condemning beginners simply for being
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beginners? (And, yes, I know full well that it's a small minority doing the
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flaming.)
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Glen Fisher
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