"the idea that a manual would actually help. Oh, it may get you started, but if there's a problem at all complex, the manual is probably useless. "


Of course these days, mobs like MicroCrap has made manuals useless.

When I was on the KL-10 (a DEC timesharing mainframe), it was not uncommon to have to program using the System calls. I still have the manual. I read it many times, each time learning something new that had not sunk in before.

Of course these days, mobs like MicroCrap has made manuals useless.

See almost nobody noticed that I duplicated a line - and RTFM to know how to hide this line! :-P