Re^3: My nomination for the worst sentence in Perl documentation ever

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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]