Re: How do you search the word in a sequential file ?
- From: Peter Lacey <lacey@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:14:10 -0500
Jeff wrote:
I rarely post on this site, but I seem to constantly see you answer
many posts with do your own homework. Why do you bother? If someone
comes here seeking guidance or help why not just answer them?
I'm in accord with Doc on this one. If someone posts a request for help
without showing what s/he's tried already, then I'm inclined to be short
with that person. It's the difference between "how do you do this" and
"is this the way to do it". If someone puts the question to me in the
latter form then I'll spend a great deal more time with them on the
problem.
My attitude is soured by years of experience; typically the "how do I do
it" types were also the ones that replaced a 300-page manual with a
ten-page update and then wondered why I was annoyed; they were also the
ones that would complain to my boss that they got "absolutely no
support" from me when I would ask to see what they'd tried. One such
lot baffled me completely when I found they'd used a linker control
format for a librarian run and wondered why it wouldn't work!
PL
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