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>"John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> wrote in message news:235827 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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>>He laughed and said, "I've done a lot of programming
>>by just tweaking an example until it works, without
>>ever having to learn the concepts!"
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>That resembles programming as much as doing a Search and Replace
>resembles technical writing.
I disagree. I've worked with many very good programmers who use examples in
the docs as stepping stones to the solutions they are developing. If the
fundamental code is already written and optimized, it's a waste of time to
reinvent the wheel. It's why "add as many examples as you can, and when you
think you have enough, add more" is one mantra for developer docs.
That said, the programmers I've worked with also knew the concepts well
enough to know what examples would have the best chance of fitting the
solutions they were creating.
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