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Re: Questionable Quality Questions

by jeroenes (Priest)
on Apr 06, 2001 at 18:42 UTC ( [id://70479]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Questionable Quality Questions

What really, really helps for me is to go and explain the problem to some other programmer, preferably not a perl programmer. Mostly I get the solution halfway my explanation.

And no this isn't abstract or vague, but a real-world question, actually. Somebody else already hinted to 'Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance' from Robert Pirsig. Great book, worth a read. It touches this thread on 'the state of mind', you could say.<P.Cheers,

Jeroen
"We are not alone"(FZ)

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Re: Re: Questionable Quality Questions
by LD2 (Curate) on Apr 07, 2001 at 07:03 UTC
    jeroenes, that technique you mentioned has saved quite a bit of time.. at least if the solution cannot be found in the discussion with another developer - one usually sees problem or question in a different light.

    This usually helps either on asking the question and understanding it on a deeper level or helps point the developer(i.e. me) in the right direction to find the answer.

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