From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 4 beginner's questions on the PL Ada Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 05:33:06 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87pptmb4p9.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> References: <87ob96ajv6.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <877gfucton.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: SWN/nubmpQxYKwY7hPy4YA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:aEU5biclaxjXp78ArcP82bGTHaI= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16770 Date: 2013-08-10T05:33:06+02:00 List-Id: Dennis Lee Bieber writes: > While I do sometimes just drop in code snippets, I more often > prefer the "teach a man to fish" Code communicates better than documentation, is my firm belief. I can guarantee you, I study such all code in detail, and my eyes are trained. I don't kill and yank the code, not learning anything from it, and then come back, demanding more. I know, some do that, on the SX sites not the least. If you do that, then I do agree reading is a lot better. But if you do that, you're an idiot, and those tend not to read, either :) No, I'm going to the library, as said. It will be interesting to see what they have. Probably one or two old books. That is usually the case. Tomorrow, I'll tell you the result. Could be interesting for you, if you are into documentation and stuff, as I sense that you are. -- Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below) computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573