OFF: Re: one answer is all i need?

[Paul Mather]

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Robert C. Mayo wrote:

=> one answer is all i need, eh?
=> larry is a close friend, i could have picked up the phone and asked him, ar
=> simply e-mailed him as i do regularly. me getting a response from larry is a
=> given. what i was looking for was a response from 'the list', many and varied
=> opinions. one answer may be all i need, but it's not what i want, especially
=> when trying to be part of a discussion group.

If you read again what I said, that's the not point I was making.  Some
questions do not require (or even provoke) "discussion."  Despite the
smiley in my original message, I stick by the basic point: for some
questions, one correct answer is enough.  Some people are happy to get
even that.

Cheers,

Paul.

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