I initially disagreed, but the actual quote is better: "The right example is worth a thousand lines of documentation." There are many cases where explaining th

I initially disagreed, but the actual quote is better: "The right example is worth a thousand lines of documentation." There are many cases where explaining things is better, and a well-crafted explanation with a few sparing examples is often the best way to communicate an idea — but there are some cases where a particular example is clearer than any explanation could hope to be.