Another silly question

[Jeffrey Kegler]

In article <941 at draken.nada.kth.se> d87-hho at nada.kth.se (Henrik Holmstr|m) writes:
>Do we need 28 follow-ups to a trivial question?  You know the rule, if you
>see something obviously wrong or simple, don't just hit 'F'.  Wait a day
>or two and see if someone else answered the question (or just mail the anwser).
>
>	Henrik Holmstr|m

While I sympathize with Mr Holmstr|m, I hope his advice is not followed.  For a
start, if it were universally followed, you would get 28 answers 2 days late.

More important, even when the question is "silly", and I already know the
answer, the answers from 28 other people usually add to my knowledge.

The only real alternative would be a moderated group where the moderator had
a panel of C experts he called upon.  With the number of C experts posting
here the moderator would really have taken on a full time job.
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