On 18/12/2014 02:21, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
Uko2 wrote
Yes, these questions are very poor
The third time someone from that programming class asked the exact same question about overriding #compile:, I answered that they should check the answer to either of their classmates identical questions... I got down-voted and the answer was deleted. Apparently, SO is a great way for the lazy to get their homework done for them with 0 effort on their part, and it is sacrilege to actively oppose that ;)
There is a function designed for exactly this case - it is to mark (flag or vote) to close the question as duplicate. Adding an answer is adding to the noise which is likely why it got deleted. However SO does not provide as much help as it could to find duplicates -- Mark