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•Re: Context Indicationby merlyn (Sage) |
on Sep 06, 2003 at 16:15 UTC ( [id://289475]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I realized many moons ago that every problem exists because it's a partial solution to a larger problem. I also realized that if I answer a question without really understanding the larger problem, I might be doing a disservice to the person asking. So I spend a lot of time asking about context when people ask me questions, especially when the answer to a specific question is difficult or impossible.
I'm not sure there's any way to automate that. Maybe we just need to continue to promote a general awareness of this nested hierarchy of problems and solutions, and to be like Perl—context sensitive! -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
update: I said this another time as well.
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