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> The real question is, why do people look to random web pages prior to having digested everything in the manual? Easy! It is a reference manual. It documents
by patrakov 3y ago
> The real question is, why do people look to random web pages prior to having digested everything in the manual?
Easy! It is a reference manual. It documents every feature, even those that you should not use, does not discuss pitfalls, and does not discuss the best practice. Even worse, there is sometimes a disagreement whether using a particular feature is a good practice. Often there is a factor of adjusting your code style to something that is not too advanced for other people to review.
- inimino 3y agoThe funny thing about this comment is that man pages do all of the things you mention. There seems to be a common sentiment that cargo culting random opinions from the internet is a "best practice" and that no code reviewer should ever have to learn anything new during the process. Both of these opinions are in my experience a fast track to a culture of mediocrity.