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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DTS and Compatibility (Was: MF)
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Date: 24 Apr 89 19:29:25 GMT
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In article <489@grand.UUCP> day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes:
> The solution is for
> manuals to provide a fanatically complete and annotated
> index.  That is, an index whose mission is to field *any*
> question you might have that is answered in the book.
> Most indeces are about 1/4 what they should be, I
> believe.

How very true.  This is an area where computers have been misused by 
people who run dopey "indexing" programs instead of expending the 
considerable effort required to produce a real index.  I have watched the 
quality of indexes in computer documentation go to hell in a handbasket 
over the last few years.

David Casseres

Exclaimer:  Wow!