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From:	nelson AT cs DOT uwp DOT edu (Jeremy Nelson)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Is something wrong??
Date:	19 Aug 1996 21:45:23 GMT
Organization:	University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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Andreas Vernersson <hubble AT hem DOT passagen DOT se> wrote:
>One day ago i posted a simple question about the 4byte large ints 32-bits
>compiler have.. and i got  11 answers, 
>all of them saying mostly exactly the same things.. I think this is very
>annoying and unnecessary, couldn't you guys 
>read what other people have answered before you post the same things?

Not every news server recieves every message at the exact same time
as every other server:  There are propogation delay.  You should always
assume that when someone answers your question, there are no replies that
have yet made it to their site.  While this may not always be true, it is
polite to give the benefit of the doubt.

I would be tempted here to ask why you are so upset that there are so
many people who quickly and helpfully answered your question in an 
appropriate manner.  Would you have been unhappy if noone had answered?

So please, everyone.  Cut the people who answer questions some slack.
They do it well, and they do it for free. =)

Jeremy

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