Why questions don't get answered, or "No, I've already RTFM, tell me the answer!"

[John Summerfied]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> John Summerfied wrote:
> 
>> Mike McCarty wrote:
>>
>>> John Summerfied wrote:
>>>
>>>> I reckon your expectations are a little steep.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think you will find the kind of information you desire comes 
>>>> with any implementation of any programming language, certainly for 
>>>> peecees. Have you noticed the proliferation of Windows books?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Au contraire, mon ami. Borland C, for example, comes with a nice
>>> tutorial on the C programming language.
>>
>>
>>
>> and the price of Borland C would go far to getting a nice book on 
>> bash, This google will help find one:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=oreilly+bash+cameron&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
>>
>> And despite your "nice tutorial," if I go down to any good bookstore I 
>> will find more books on Borland C.
> 
> 
> I didn't say otherwise. I don't understand your motive for replying
> in this way. You made a sweeping statement, which has a definite
> counterexample. You don't refute the counterexample, yet somehow
> you seem to think that you have vindicated your statement.
> 
> Mike

Well, I can't/shouldn't speak to your desires, but the presence of so 
many books suggests that
a) Publishers see a market
b) Writers agree
c) Consumers don't find the standard information meets their desires and 
buy alternative documentation.

If you find the counter example filled your needs, that's fine, but 
there are many who don't find it fills their needs and who purchase 
alternatives.

It happens I used to use Turbo Pascal, and I found it hard going, and I 
was already a competant programmer in several languages, even to the 
extent of presenting training courses on one of them.

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Cheers
John

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