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It is not an interesting point. It is merely a literary 'trick'. It is just unconscious use of the rhetorical form 'paradox': it says something apparently nons
by hxa7241 17y ago
It is not an interesting point. It is merely a literary 'trick'.
It is just unconscious use of the rhetorical form 'paradox': it says something apparently nonsensical in order to capture attention, perhaps to express a related truth. The way to handle rhetoric is to recognise it and not be diverted by it, and look if anything substantial is actually being said.
I am not saying it is delibarate, and deceptive; it is more like a cliche -- it can happen accidently in writing something.
Saying "documentation is more important than library" really is nonsense. If you had one but not the other, which would you choose? If you have only the library, you can probably figure out how to use some parts. If you have only docs, you have nothing working at all.
The point of course is: documentation is important. Almost certainly very true. Though it now seems rather mundane. The best treatment for such a situation is not to follow some rhetorical flow, but to search for something more interesting to say. Or just say it simply, express a little enjoyment maybe, and have a brief blog post.
- WrongBot 17y agoDocumentation is more important than the library, in terms of quality. Obviously you need the one before you can have the other, but I'd take a slow and slightly buggy library that I know how to use over a more functional one that I'll never figure out.