Why people don't use the manuals (was Array question)

["Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>]

That wasn't the case (or not as much) when manuals were manuals.
I beleive that the softcopy manuals have contributed greatly to this. I
actually prefer the web over the softcopy (finding and accessing the
info using the web manuals is faster and easier than using the CD).
The only problem is developers do not have web access at work in
many cases. I do only because I carry my laptop and use my phone
connection to dial into my personnal account with my ISP. I find that
many sites do not use Infoseeker because of disk considerations and
thier manuals are several releases/versions old.

>Definitely agree with you there. Many people are scared of the manuals,
>for some reason?

>>Hmmm, I thought I did yesterday when I referred the poster to
>>Chapter 9 of the ILE RPG Reference manual!  Can anyone program
>>effectively (in any language) without being intimately familiar
>>with the manuals?  Knowing how (and when) to read a manual is
>>probably the most important thing a student of programming can
>>learn.


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