Message-ID: <1abe3fa9041129072971f8ee4f@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2004-11-29T15:29:47Z
From: A.J. Rossini
Subject: Reasons not to answer very basic questions in a straightforwa rd way; was: Re: [R] creating a sequence of object names
In-Reply-To: <3A822319EB35174CA3714066D590DCD50994E396@usrymx25.merck.com>
<lots of good points from Andy and Uwe deleted>
and perhaps the most important reason for the particular socratic form
of teaching on this list are the number of to-be, current, and former
faculty members who feel compelled to teach general solutions to the
problems (reading the FAQ is a rather general solution, eh?) rather
than spoonfeed answers. This is a bit unlike some of the program
language mailing lists where the care and feeding of personal egos is
also part of the scene. (of course, I'm not referring to the wizards
lists...!).
best,
-tony
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A.J. Rossini
blindglobe at gmail.com