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Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"


Bravo!  This one got a bookmark from me so I can point folks to it in the
future! :-)

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At 06:44 PM 9/10/2001, you wrote:
>One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
>provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
>Raymond.
>
>It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
>
>http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>Here's the first paragraph:
>
>"In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
>questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
>difficulty of developing the answer.  This guide will teach you how to
>ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
>
>If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
>
>If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
>by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
>should make the time anyway and read this article.
>
>cgf
>
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