Ed

My grandpa used to say "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing properly."

The converse must apply- buggy or inaccurate advice isn't "worth it" for the recipient any more than for the sender who is too busy to check.

As for posting code; I agree, it is unreasonable if people expect fully tested and formed solutions whenever they ask. But is that really what people expect? From what I see, often people just want pointers (I mean the normal sort of pointer) as to whether they are on the correct track or in the swamp.

Even when I used to contribute significantly on C$ I don't think I ever posted much code, more often general answers to "why doesn't this work" or "gotchas" I'd come up against, taking just a few seconds to save somebody else hours of aching but leaving the coding to them. From what I see, that still happens a lot.

If expectations have really become as you describe, then it's becoming too big an ask. I see no connection between that and careless or inaccurate advice, though. The parable about "two wrongs" leaps to mind.

Having participated fairly extensively in this thread, can I now suggest we move on? Surely all points have been made and now people are just starting to p*ss each other off and say things they might regret.


Regards

JR