Re: I thought this was a PHP developers list

M.vanderMerwe@expro.shell.co.uk wrote: > > I read the manual, or at least the parts of it I was interested in, but > I've learnt a lot by just sitting and reading the mails on this list. > In a few months all the people on this list will know more about PHP. > It's a growing thing. No one was born an adult, this is the same, we > learn as we go along and soon everyone knows a lot more and questions > change in relation to that experience. > > If all the learners go to a newbie list, who will answer the questions? > I've never seen a manual that answers all questions. True, but if I see one more mail asking how to do MIME mail attachments, I'm gonna hurl. It's true that newbies should be able to ask any question, but not the same one over and over and over again. All it takes is checking the archives before posting a question -- but of course that is more work for the poster. It's the old adage about giving someone a fish and teaching them to fish. If people bothered searching the archives before posting questions this list would be bearable; as it stands I also am about to give up. And that's a shame, as 1 in every 50 posts is very interesting. Would be nice if someone played moderator and there was a moderated version of the list . . . . Ciao, Andreas