Re: Open Access for RPG

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom

I think you make a good point here, and I'm curious as to what, 
generally, this is in response to - somehow that didn't get into your 
post. There've been a couple branches off this thread. Some examples 
presented in this thread had nothing to do with using Open Access - 
Jon's article gives a to-the-point example, with links to other articles 
that deal more with pointers and all. There were sample source in the 
beta, I hope there is in the GA.

Of course, there was the branch today that rapidly spiraled down into 
casting aspersions on the general RPG developer community - not at all 
helpful in my opinion.

Regards
Vern

On 7/26/2010 7:14 AM, Tom Deskevich wrote:
> There is a difference between asking for a good working example when you are
> starting a new way of programming and having someone do your work for you.
> When you have no understanding of how something works, a snippet of code is
> like a form of torture. You see that it can be accomplished, but you only
> see a
> piece of the puzzle.  I have found this especially true in my attempts to
> pull myself up by my own bootstraps with PHP.  You can read the manuals, or
> even buy a book,  but good examples are lacking.  I don't consider myself
> lazy, but cannot spend countless hours spinning my wheels either. Once you
> get a working example up and running, you can dissect it and understand all
> the pieces of the puzzle.
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> With that all said, I thank all of you who monitor these posts and help
> people. It has been my BEST source of help that I have found out there.
>
> Tom Deskevich
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