Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Matt Joiner, 14.09.2011 04:23: >> i'm curious as to what can be done with (and handled better) by >> adjusting sys.setswitchinterval >> i've opened a question on SO for this, that people might find of >> interest: http://stackoverflow.com[...] > > I wonder why people ask this kind of question on stackoverflow, and > then come here asking people to go over there, read the question, and > (potentially) provide an answer. > > IMHO, c.l.py is a much better place to ask Python(-related) questions > than stackoverflow. It's also a much better place to search for an > answer that is already available in the archives. > If you want an answer to how to get a specific bit of code to work then Stackoverflow is better if only because people can see who has already answered so don't need to waste time re-answering every trivial little question about syntax.
Also there's a theory that people can search for existing answers so only one person in the class has to ask how to do their homework. I've never actually asked a question on Stackoverflow but I have found the answers to a lot of problems I've had. If you want an open-ended discussion then c.l.py is the place to go. On Stackoverflow you would likely just have the question closed pdq. -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list