Despite how much computer people love Eric Raymond's "how to ask questions" thing[1], it really isn't the best way to get your question answered. It's the way t

Despite how much computer people love Eric Raymond's "how to ask questions" thing[1], it really isn't the best way to get your question answered. It's the way that people who get asked questions wish the universe would work. One thing I've found is that, beyond a pretty low floor, more details often means less answers. If you, forex, post your C code and ask why it doesn't work on IRIX, people will say "it must be something weird about IRIX, I don't care about that" and ignore you. If you post it without mentioning the OS, you can get some good answers. [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html