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Subject: Re: Same code, same script, different results
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:44:30 -0700
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Mikael Åsberg wrote:

> Lol, you're right, Igor, that test case was far from minimal. 
> Should've cut it down, of course. On the other hand, I often see 
> people cutting away what they think is unrelated code or whatnot, 
> when, in fact, they are cutting away the cause of their problems when 
> posting questions.

That's why, when posting a minimal illustration of the problem, one 
needs to test that minimal case to make sure the problem still exists! 
Often the process of creating or cutting down something to a minimal 
case enlightens the questioner to the point of discovering the actual 
problem. I like to call this "doing your homework".

> PS. I remember once having the cygwin mailing list in "usenet style 
> format" in outlook express, but I can't for the life of me remember 
> what I did. Anyone knows what I'm talking about? DS.

You mean news://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin?

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I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!


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