in reply to How to give back?

Simple.

1. Stick around, soak up some more knowledge, and then when you can start answering questions, do so.

2. Keep asking thought- (and code-) provoking questions. It will help keep the community alive.

3. And, of course, you could always Buy Stuff. :-)

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RE: RE: How to give back?
by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Sep 29, 2000 at 00:51 UTC
    Along the lines of #1, perhaps beginner questions should be left to beginner monks to answer, unless they don't do a good job.
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      Hrm. That'd be relatively difficult to enforce, I'd think, though I certainly see the value. For one thing, when lots of experts start answering beginner questions, they often get into discussions about which way is (better|faster|easier to read), which can be intimidating to the person who just wants to know why print "Hello world; is printing the extra semi-colon...

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        I wasn't trying to think of it as a rule at all, much less something to enforce.. I just think it would be useful for the higher-ups to yield once in a while. If a beginner gives a good answer, fantastic. If it could be improved upon, by all means step in and say how it can be improved. Everyone learns.
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