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>>>>> "Per" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

    Per> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
    >> Well, assuming that the saind is written by the package
    >> author/maintainer, I think they would know enough Lisp as well.

    Per> But Lisp is not a markup language.

    Per> And the assumption is rarely true, as far as I can see most free
    Per> software tutorials are written by someone else than the programmer.  I
    Per> suspect that the qualifications for writing robust and flexible
    Per> software and easy to understand tutorials are very different.

Also, even if you have both sets of qualifications, right after
designing and implementing a complicated piece of software isn't the
best time to write the instructions for the beginner.

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Laura (mailto:lconrad@laymusic.org)
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