Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!yale!umich!sharkey!amara!mcdaniel From: mcdaniel@adi.com (Tim McDaniel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Etiquette Message-ID: Date: 2 Jul 90 17:23:12 GMT References: <24700005@sunb0.cs.uiuc.edu> <127075@puff.encore.com> <111643@linus.mitre.org> Sender: news@adi.COM Organization: Applied Dynamics Int'l. Lines: 22 In-reply-to: cookson@helios.mitre.org's message of 25 Jun 90 12:26:19 GMT cookson@helios.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: After all, I thought the purpose of this news group was to discuss and LEARN about 'C'. But comp.lang.c should be used as a *last resort* in learning. Step 1: Think on your own. If no help ... Step 2: Check books (K&R, H&S, ANSI C standard). If no help ... Step 3: Ask local C gurus. If no help ... Step 4: Post. Why? * Why should net.people answer questions that any reasonably-complete C book can answer? * "Volume, volume, volume"! It's hard to follow a newsgroup with a lot of postings. * Each posting is expensive (totalled over all sites). -- "I'm not a nerd -- I'm 'socially challenged'." Tim McDaniel Internet: mcdaniel@adi.com UUCP: {uunet,sharkey}!puffer!mcdaniel