On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:02:13 -0500 Ken Wesson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Eric Schulte <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ken Wesson <[email protected]> writes: > > > >> Are you honestly suggesting I search the archives > > > > It is common courtesy on open-source lists such as this one to check if > > a question you are about to ask has already been answered. > > As I believe I already mentioned, if everyone spends a while searching > some archives every time they are going to post, this list's traffic > will drop to nearly nil. Do we really want that? Actually, what would drop to nearly nil would be questions that have already been answered and points that have already been debated to death. And yes, we *do* want that. In fact, it's part of the FAQ on asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Further, not only is it easy (the list is hosted by google groups, so just googling for keywords will search it) but may well turn up the answer faster than posting to the list. Admittedly, that (or searching the archives proper) might not have found what you're looking for in this case, because neither enhanced nor primitive leap to mind as search terms when you get an unexpected overflow error. But it works often enough that checking google before asking a question is a productive habit to get into. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[email protected]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
