[antlr-interest] ANTLR version 2.X to ANTLR version 3.X ( the horror , the horror)
Randall R Schulz
rschulz at sonic.net
Sun Aug 10 13:41:13 PDT 2008
On Sunday 10 August 2008 13:08, Kay Röpke wrote:
> ...
>
> The book is a definite must-have, IMHO. However, many people
> complained about the lack of (free) documentation,
This is where I'd draw the line at accommodating users of open-source
software.
I really don't believe it's the user's responsibility to create
documentation (as I occasionally hear suggested, not necessarily on
this project, when requests or demands for documentation are heard).
Nor do I believe that users should be expected to read the source code
and reverse engineer the unspecified details of its operations. And
black-box experimentation to the same end is no better (perhaps worse).
However, I think users of open-source projects for which no licensing
fees are required even for use in commercial applications should be
willing to shell out a few tens of dollars for good documentation
written by principals or others with deep, wide and accurate knowledge
of the software they're using.
But them, I'm a sucker for books...
> ...
>
> cheers,
> -k
Randall Schulz
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