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Re: [tlaplus] Answering Questions



I once found myself in Stephan's shoes (on another list) and I just applied a "wait a day" policy. Other folk stepped up, and I got to answer many fewer questions - or just to add a bit of extra info to another answer. I don't think it slowed discussion at all, and probably even enhanced it. 

On Sat., 6 Mar. 2021, 01:59 Stephan Merz, <stephan.merz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Leslie,

thanks for your message. First of all, I believe that is only natural that I should try and pass on some of the things I've learnt about TLA+ to others. I just hope that nobody feels discouraged from answering a question whether I've reacted or not.

This being said, I fully agree that this group is here for all of us in the TLA+ community to help each other.

Stephan


On 5 Mar 2021, at 00:02, Leslie Lamport <tlaplus.ll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It is gratifying to see all the questions about TLA+ on this group.
However, it worries me that so many of them are answered by Stephan
Merz.  Stephan does a great job of answering them, and we are all
grateful to him.  But depending so much on him is bad for two reasons:
It's not fair to him to have to do that much work, and depending so much
on him is not viable in the long term.

I would like to see other people answering more of the questions.  If
you think you know the answer to a question, don't be shy about
posting your answer.  If you're wrong, someone else can correct you,
and you and others will learn from your mistake.  Let's make this
group a group effort, not just a forum for asking questions of a few
old timers.

Leslie


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