On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
But if we could teach the art of dissection, the people could learn
from existing code without need as much explanation.
Am I dreaming?
I learned so much dissecting HyperCard and SuperCard examples,
almost as much as the dictionaries. Never really read much of
anything else from either of those products but the dictionary and
sample code. Maybe that's helpful, or maybe I'm just a freak.
I don't think you're a freak. But I think: (a) probably not many
people learn this way, at least in the early going; and (b) this is a
difficult skill to teach, perhaps more difficult than programming.
(BTW, there's another issue for me that probably doesn't concern
anyone else. When people on the list contribute free
documentation- like things -- tutorial stacks, how-tos, etc. -- I
want at one and the same time to applaud loudly and groan
quietly. Because, you see, if someone ELSE is writing something
on the same topic and perhaps putting in a lot of effort and time
and energy with the hope of selling the product and someone else
comes along and offers something -- even if not quite as good or
complete -- for free, it crushes the spirit if not the market. A
clearing-house for volunteer effort would help avoid such things
but that begs the question of who would set up and manage such a
thing.
I can't imagine there are that many potentially in conflict. Maybe
the RevDocs group could be used for that?
It doesn't take very many. One or two "false starts" like that can
discourage someone with less masochistic tendencies than I have. :-D
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