From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/04/2025 6:55 pm, Hans Bezemer wrote:   
   > On 06-04-2025 09:10, mhx wrote:   
   >> Documentation is for others :--)   
   >   
   > "Others". That's a philosophical question. Answering it greatly influences   
   ones view on documentation:   
   >   
   > "You thought that it could never happen to all the people you became."   
   >   
   > That's how I view "persons". I assume I'm the same person that went to bed,   
   however, I have no evidence whatsoever that I am. Does a computer, fed with   
   the data his predecessors collected, assume he's the same computer as the ones   
   he replaced?   
   >   
   > Still, I feel a close connection to the persons that were me before me and   
   the persons that eventually will become me. I don't want to make their work   
   unnecessarily difficult. That's why I document. I've praised them several   
   times - either for making a    
   tutorial for a specific library - or at least leaving an example or demo.   
   >   
   > That's why I think the Hans Bezemer of yesterday was not only a clever lad,   
   but also a nice guy. ;-)   
      
   So they do it for the praise?  Typical ;-)   
      
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