From: "Hargreaves, Shawn" To: "'djgpp AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: Re: The DJGPP Oracle Date: Wed, 20 Aug 97 09:22:00 PDT Message-ID: <33FB1A83@relay.probe.co.uk> Encoding: 28 TEXT Precedence: bulk Bill Currie writes: > :) As the location of the FAQ is a FAQ, the location of the FAQ > should be in the FAQ so that newbies can look it up in the FAQ. :) [...] > Seriously, IMHO, that's the only FAQ (along with whether one even > exists) that has a place in newsgroups/mailing lists. Am I the only person who thinks that this whole FAQ debate (are all newbies inherently stupid, or is djgpp just an evil plot to confuse them) is becoming quite a tiresome FAQ in itself? The discussion seems to have been going on more or less continually for the last two years, and I've yet to see anyone reach a satisfactory conclusion! How about we just drop the issue? There is no point in shouting at newbies, because by definition they haven't read this group before, so no matter how much you tell them off there will always be a new crop of equally confused newcomers showing up the next day. Likewise it doesn't make sense to get annoyed when people post FAQ references rather than specific answers: many people think that this is a perfectly good way of providing assistance, and if you disagree you are very welcome to start posting full and comprehensive answers yourself... Maybe this should be in the FAQ? :-) Shawn Hargreaves.