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Date:      Tue, 07 Mar 1995 08:42:16 -0800
From:      priag <priag@nsd.3com.com>
To:        Tom LaStrange <lastrange_tom@jpmorgan.com>
Cc:        oi-users@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Menu hanging/refresh problem 
Message-ID:  <199503071642.AA18481@tenaya.NSD.3Com.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Mar 1995 11:15:03 EST." <9503071615.AA17703@landau.ny.jpmorgan.com> 

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On Tue, 07 Mar 1995 11:15:03 -0500, Tom LaStrange <lastrange_tom@jpmorgan.com> said:

Tom> Not particularly directed at Shinu, but a more general statement about
Tom> requests for help on this mailing list.  Here are three steps you can
Tom> take to get more help on this mailing list.

Tom>   1. Supply a small test case!
Tom>   2. Supply a small test case!
Tom>   3. Supply a small test case!

Tom> Seriously.  I'm as busy as the next person but try to (90% of the time)
Tom> supply a test case with all problems I find or need help with.

Tom> Requests like the above tend to fly right out of my mailbox because I
Tom> don't have an immediate answer and I certainly won't spend time trying
Tom> reproduce it myself.

Tom> Sorry, I think I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

I appreciate the validity of your desire for a small test case, but I
for one find that it's rarely the "small" case which breaks.  If I can
isolate the problem down to a few statements, I can usually work
around it.  It's the stuff that evidently involves lots of obscure
interactions which I can't solve or work around... and which can't be
captured in a "small test case".

Pria (who also got out of bed on the wrong side)




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