How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

[Berend Veldkamp]

And it can be read here:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Titus von der Malsburg wrote:
> I'm reading this list since a few weeks now and I observed, that
> communication is sometimes suboptimal.  Many people ask for help very
> politely but fail to describe their setup and problem in a sufficiently
> detailed manner, therefore getting sometimes poor or no results.
>
> There is a very nice howto document by Eric Raymond titled "How To Ask
> Questions The Smart Way" that describes how one should act to get
> optimal results from mailing lists and similar media.  I read it once
> and it helped me very much, so I recommend it here.
>
> Maybe Eric Raymond is all-to rigorous at some points, but nevertheless
> the document gives you an idea of how you could improve your
> communication.
>
> Cheers,
>         Titus
>
>

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