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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:29:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Last Words...(documentation)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108131228301.3438-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010813122100.A2472@dragon.nuxi.com>

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Some of us try documant our stuff so that others can use it
and because we feel that it's better to do something right
than shoddily.


On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, David O'Brien wrote:

> 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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