Request for an announcement (FAQ)
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Would it be possible to have an announcement/sticky FAQ on top of the forum?
Most common questions:
1. converting int to string or string to int (itoa, sprintf, string stream and lexical_cast could be mentioned)
2. creating random numbers (the typical rand()/RAND_MAX-scaling and mersenne twister/boost links here)
3. difference between struct and class
Maybe I'm a bit too hopeful that anyone would actually read it though.. But at least everyone could lead newbies there.
[edited by - civguy on March 1, 2003 12:58:08 PM]
Could someone host a website that we can contribute answers? Then everyone can get used to pointing to it. People do quite a good job of pointing to other faqs though which may be adequate
i can host a server whose availability is subject to me being at college (possible moves/downtime during winter/summer holidays). getting back to this thread started by Oluseyi, why not have a wiki for general programming? the temporary "playground" which can be used to test things out is here, and the production site, if decided on, is here.
quote:Original post by niyaw
i can host a server whose availability is subject to me being at college (possible moves/downtime during winter/summer holidays). getting back to this thread started by Oluseyi, why not have a wiki for general programming?
One of the aims of a Wiki site is that the interface discourage unsophisticated users, a category which encompasses many of the people here who need a FAQ.
quote:Original post by SabreMan
One of the aims of a Wiki site is that the interface discourage unsophisticated users, a category which encompasses many of the people here who need a FAQ.
Maybe it will help them become sophisticated.
quote:Original post by petewood
Maybe it will help them become sophisticated.
I don''t think they will use it if the UI doesn''t appeal within three seconds of first encountering it. The people who would be most likely to use a Wiki are the people least likely to necessitate a FAQ. This stuff needs to be spoon-fed.
without relying on people''s ability to search, we can still point those who need a faq to wiki pages, assuming that the person can look through one page and possibly use hyperlinks to see a couple of related pages. few people will modify the pages, which will hopefully prevent much misinformation. we can simply condense replies to posts here and organize them in wiki pages.
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