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

["Buzz Fenner" <nick_exxon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kudos, Jeff.  Using the Softcopy Library is a pain.  Give me the good old 
days when manuals were manuals...

Buzz
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>From: "Joe Teff" <jteff19@idt.net>
>Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>Subject: Why people don't use the manuals (was Array question)
>Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 07:41:07 -0500
>
>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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