I dislike the document because it's pedantically long-winded.  It
desperately needs an executive summary.  Anyone willing to read enough of
the document to benefit from it is likely already asking reasonable
questions, and thus is likely *not* the target audience.

--DTVZ

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Kevin D. Clark
<kevin_d_cl...@comcast.net>wrote:

>
> Lori Nagel writes:
>
> > It took me half a year just to figure out how to add the math
> > library into the compiler so I could compile some basic C programs
> > from one of the C programing books I have.
>
> Sorry, I must politely disagree that a situation like this relates in
> any way to any of the negative aspects of that document.  I have
> little insight into your stuggles with this particular problem (I
> wasn't there watching you struggle -- I don't know you) but I would
> point out that when you posted a query about this very topic on this
> mailing list your question was "smart" enough to generate several
> helpful responses (including from me...).
>
> In general, if you do your homework and strive to ask a reasonably
> smart question, in my experience, you will get a reasonable response.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> --kevin
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