H.S. wrote:
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:27:24AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Document it all you want. But don't expect Joe Toothbrush to read it
all. If one _wants_ go through pages upon pages of docs to create
something new, that's great and the more the merrier. But if one
_must_ go through the docs to use the product, then by virtue or
Occam's razor the OS with the least documentation is the easiest to
use.
<SNIP>
I'm one to read the 1000 page book cover-to-cover. That way, I'll
rememeber a significant amount and know exactly where to look when I
need something I don't remember.
Now a days google is a *huge* help in this.
There's still something awfully useful and compelling about a serious
reference manual, all in one place, with a comprehensive
table-of-contents, detailed index, and embedded references.
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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