Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.erje.net!feeder2.news.elisa.fi!fi.sn.net!newsfeed2.tdcnet.fi!news.song.fi!not-for-mail From: Jukka Lahtinen Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Basic question about compiling Organization: none References: <0fffb4b6-426a-4304-a249-63de08dd6d33@d15g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> <6230500.347.1328894981750.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcmg9> <20674881.352.1328908283351.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbbmr9> <0d859227-3c9c-48c1-bd55-cdf3a86a5b38@n12g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <4f36f27e$0$285$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> X-no-archive: yes Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:29:12 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dbe9NNAqF68DdDH8wQu8BkCmCow= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.17.207.67 X-Trace: 1329215352 news.tdc.fi 2793 81.17.207.67:43366 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tdcnet.fi Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:12011 simplicity writes: > On Feb 11, 3:58 pm, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> Occasionally RTFM is the best answer. > Disagreed. Just ask yourself this question: how long would you survive > in the organization if you gave your colleague the "RTFM answer"? I An RTFM answer is often a good one when it points to the right FM. Why quote a snippet from the documents, when the person with the problem can read it straight from the source and at the same time have more context than what would be reasonable to quote? -- Jukka Lahtinen