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Re: SYLK [message #56607 is a reply to message #9357]

Sat, 03 November 2007 14:50

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Jeff writes:

> Surely it takes less time to ignore some easy question (to YOU) then
> to write something bad, doesn't it!?

I think it is a matter of historical record that I've
never been shy about answering all kinds of IDL questions.
(I've answered "DEVICE, DECOMPOSED=0" well over a million
times, if memory serves.) A great many of these questions
(more than you probably imagine) I don't know the answer
to. It is not unusual for me to spend as much as a hour
researching a question before I post a two paragraph
answer. This is how I've learned what I know about IDL.

But, I *don't* know the answer to this question. And I'm
not going to waste the 30 seconds it would take to find
out, either. I'd rather waste 10 minutes lecturing on
the difference between ignorance and laziness, and why
understanding the difference is important.

What have YOU done to answer this question?

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		SYLK files <--> IDL structure? By: William T.(Tom) Bridg on Thu, 19 June 1997 00:00
		Re: SYLK By: Rick Towler on Mon, 05 November 2007 09:30
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Thu, 08 November 2007 08:39
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sun, 04 November 2007 05:58
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 18:22
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sat, 03 November 2007 17:28
		Re: SYLK By: R.G.Stockwell on Sat, 03 November 2007 16:05
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 14:50
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sat, 03 November 2007 13:57
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 13:47

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