Rui Maciel
8/8/2011 1:25:00 PM
Jens Gustedt wrote:
> Am 08/07/2011 06:55 AM, schrieb BarryG:
>> int main void()
>
> oh!
>
> my guess is that first of all news groups are slowly phasing out. If you
> have a concrete question about C, you are probably better served by a
> site that is moderated and has some simple rules, such as stackoverflow.
sites such as stack overflow are only any good to those who aren't able to
think for themselves and therefore require a herd, who some members are even
more clueless than the poster, to pick an answer to their questions.
Meanwhile, searching usenet's backlog returns more valuable results than
that, and it has been this way for decades.
> But then, this group also has a particular bad culture. Most
> discussionsn become polemic about nothing and there are some egos that
> dominate everything. I only follow it for some weeks now, scary.
If you believe that the usenet's intrinsic value relies on the traffic
generated in a couple of weeks then you are oblivious to the tool which you
have been using. Pairing usenet with a search engine is the best expert
system that humanity ever devised, and it makes it an invaluable tool to
anyone who has any interest in any subject which is covered in any
newsgroup.
Rui Maciel