Re: Any ideas
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Rhett wrote:
> simulat wrote:
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> >I know it's not so much fun as writing code, but maybe others on the list
> >would like to join me in a bit of a documentation project....
> This would be a winner except for the nature of the project. Since there is a
> lack of specifity in our current manual, some clever tests will be required to
> determine just exactly what is done in certain situations and what the limits
> are in many others. After all that, version x.x of the language may change
> any one or all of these hard-gained pieces of information, since, according
> to our fearless leader, all internal matters are subject to change.
> Documenting chimeras is something that they don't teach where I come
> from. If there were a commitment from the management of support for the
> project, I would say that it would have a chance. Rob seems to fear that
> too much information will give away his secrets, so I doubt that he will
> truly cooperate.
This is getting to be a very old refrain. Please tell us how much easier it is
for you to get info on the internals of, for example, Delphi, or how you
regularly correspond with Bill Gates to find out how Visual C++ works.
These things certainly have internal matters subject to change, so of course
no one has written any books or documentation for any of Microsoft or Borland's
products, have they?
Irv
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