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Makes sense, but it's insane. More general answers are more generally useful than specific ones, by definition.
by etfb 15y ago
Makes sense, but it's insane. More general answers are more generally useful than specific ones, by definition.
- thristian 15y agoNot always. The only question that the linked StackOverflow page can answer is "What Emacs features did a self-selecting set of StackOverflow users find particularly useful as of early December 2011". While it's quite possible that somebody might someday want that very specific piece of information, I can't blame Joel and Jeff for preferring that particular database-space had been used to record a workaround or explanation for some uncommon error message.