Re^2: My nomination for the worst sentence in Perl documentation ever

the documentation is expecting you to be a relatively intelligent person.

OOh! That is soo wrong.

Who should I select? Um. How about Kofi Annan; or Alexandra Kosteniuk; or Thomas C. Schelling; or Steven Hawking; I wonder if any of them are intelligent enough to have used a debugger?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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Re^3: My nomination for the worst sentence in Perl documentation ever by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC
If they have a need to read the debugger's documentation, I presume they have some degree of interest in the subject, yes.	[reply]
Re^4: My nomination for the worst sentence in Perl documentation ever by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 21, 2008 at 22:45 UTC
If it's their first time using a debugger, interest or not, they are very unlikely to know what a "watch" is in this context. It doesn't mean they lack intelligence, just specific knowledge. And that's when they are going to go looking at the documentation... Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^4: My nomination for the worst sentence in Perl documentation ever by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Aug 22, 2008 at 13:04 UTC
If they have a need to read the debugger's documentation, I presume they expect the documentation to tell them how things work, not say "well, duh!". Intelligence obviously has nothing to do with prior knowledge. /J	[reply]