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> seems to be very focused on 'this is the one true way'. Good. I hate when the goal (of building something, of answering the question) is obscured by the auth
by spindritf 14y ago
> seems to be very focused on 'this is the one true way'.
Good. I hate when the goal (of building something, of answering the question) is obscured by the author's need to show how knowledgeable or insecure they are and share 15 different ways to do something. Not every piece of writing is a philosophical treatise.
Though sure, a short list of alternatives wouldn't hurt. The justifications for our choices OTOH expand quickly because humans seem to be really good at those[1].
EDIT: fixed, thanks.
[1] http://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/04/talkative-sell-silent-buy.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2013/04/talkative-sell-silent-...
- as_if 14y agoAlso you can make the decision on your own. * read a book * extract what you think is good * throw the rest of information away
- alinajaf 14y ago> Not every piece of writing is a philosophical treaty I think you might mean treatise.
- pekk 14y agoSimply allowing more than one way to do something does not mean that you have a "need to show how knowledgeable or insecure [you] are".
- markdown 14y agoIf it's a beginners book, one way is always the best.
- spiffytech 14y agoProvided that one way is both achievable for beginners, and a healthy practice to continue in the absence of further development. You don't want beginners thinking some terrible practice is how they are supposed to build things, just because it was the only workable thing you could use to introduce them to the topic.