Jason Pruim
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On Sep 15, 2011, at 3:22 AM, Nathan Nobbe wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Joshua Stoutenburg
> <jehoshu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Govinda <govinda.webdnat...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> As for duplicate answers...,
>>> 
>>>> [snip]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Also newbies may tend to like the multiples answers.. for the different
>> perspectives, as Dan said, but also when they are exact dupe answers -
>> because then the newbie knows the answer is definitive.. and then stops
>> asking the list.. and starts doing what work is called for.
>>> 
>>> -Govinda
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>> 
>> That's a good point.  The absence of objection to a provided answer
>> doesn't necessarily make it definitive since it could just be the
>> masses passed over the conversation.  Therefore, yes, duplicate
>> answers are a good thing.
>> 
>> Thanks everybody for your patience in helping this mailing list
>> newcomer understand how things work.
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> wait, it sounds like we could use another answer .., yes ppl like to answer
> things many times here, often with almost identical suggestions, and many
> spins on how to approach the problem, including alternative perspectives on
> life..; the ebb-&-flow of php-general ;)

I've always thought that getting a couple fairly similar answers to the same 
question helped to validate the answer for someone who is in the early process 
of learning ;)
> 
> -nathan


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