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... yea I thought that was reasonably obvious. I'm posting more about the 'artificial' claim. If we had to pick sides, I'm with you. The manuals and their tale
by bravetraveler 3y ago
... yea I thought that was reasonably obvious. I'm posting more about the 'artificial' claim. If we had to pick sides, I'm with you.
The manuals and their tales are not ever-present or absolute, while still true.
Those descriptors do exist. They do useful things. However, there's also no significant consequence to ignoring them.
Abusing them is questionable, of course - but not guaranteed to go poorly
- keithalewis 3y agoNo need to pick sides. Manuals are a best effort by people writing code to communicate their intent. RTFM is an expression of frustration that people don't pay attention to their efforts before spouting off.