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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:21:00 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Last Words...(documentation)
Message-ID:  <20010813122100.A2472@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <15224.6928.355296.565585@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us>; from joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:23:12AM -0700
References:  <15224.6928.355296.565585@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us>

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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:23:12AM -0700, Joe Kelsey wrote:
> TWO people have written to me and said that the reason THEY write
> documentation in their "day" jobs is that they get PAID for it.  So,
> excuse me!  I guess real programmers only write documentation when they
> are PAID!

Yes!

> Obviously, working on a FREE product, you don't get paid so you don't
> document!  After all, the meaning is obvious from the code!

No, documenting is drudgery.  People don't do non-fun things for free.

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