Antoon Pardon wrote: > On 2007-04-25, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>> >> Most people reading a tutorial are aware that they are being given the >> knowledge they need to put the subject matter to immediate use, and that >> there may well be refinements that are glossed over or covered in detail >> later or elsewhere. > > I agree with that. > > However there is a difference between information that will help you > on the way now that will be refined later and information that will > help you on the way now and will be contradicted later. > > I also understand that the line between the two is rather fuzzy. > > In my opinion the text in the tutorial as it stands now, is more > of the latter than of the former type and that is why I would > prefer a change. > I had already deduced that from your arguments so far in this thread. Do you *have* to make every trivial conclusion explicit?
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