On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Bowes, Chris wrote:
> i like this idea a lot ... i have to say that i dont gain
> much from the list in terms of improving my coding
> (mostly i enjoy reading the discussions about design, oh
> and all the bitching you people do too :--) ... but its obvious
> that there is a lot to gain from the list if you ask the right
> questions... what i`d like to be able to do
> (seeing as i`m not a brilliant coder) , is to take a function
> that i dont understand completely from the circle code,
> and say "whats this all about then ?"
> and one of the more experienced coders (or anyone who
> feels like they know the stuff) give a brief explanation as
> to what the whole of the function does without some
> clever bod saying "jesus what a stooopid newbie question"
> i too have books on C , but they wont all tell me the thinking
> behind some circle code :--(
Speaking from experience, you can learn a lot about circle just by
reading this list regularly for a long time. I pretty much learned C by
playing with Circle, and joined this list as soon as I got a copy of the
code. I survived this experience by being patient and learning at my own
pace, rather than asking a lot of questions.
My point is: Have patience. Read everything. Try things. Try them
again. Learn from your mistakes and others'. Memorize the FAQ's! :)
In time you, too, can sneer at the annoying newbies who refuse to read the
FAQ's or boldly ask why you haven't written Snippet X for them yet.
Sam
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