On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:56:54 -0700, Cees De Groot cdegroot@gmail.com wrote:
Two reasons against squeak-newbies: it smells of "Xxx for Dummies", which is denigrating,
Title notwithstanding, the "...for Dummies" series was quite good (overall) and empathetic, rather than denigrating. The Unix one is classic.
If there were a "Squeak for Dummies", I'd buy it. If I could convince Wiley to publish one, I'd write it.<S>
Personally, I don't think there's a need for two lists. People with stupid questions will be flamed in either case (a stupid question does exist - it is when the poster clearly has not even done the most basic bit of research to solve the question by himself), and people with entry-level questions have never been flamed on squeak-dev, AFAICT.
I agree. But if it's true that people are reticent to post here, it wouldn't seem to be a terrible burden to start a new one.