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Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc
From: Bart Lateur <bart.lat...@skynet.be>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:29:50 GMT
Local: Wed, Sep 6 2000 11:29 am
Subject: Re: The XY problem (was Re: CGI.pm: controlling Back & Reload)
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Too bad that the actual, more general problem, X, is usually not >Alan> This looks to me to be another case of "premature closure": the >Alan> questioner wanted to solve some not very clearly stated X, they >Alan> concluded that Y and Z were components of a solution, and now they're >Alan> asking how to implement Y and Z. >On IRC chatting (EFnet #perl, to be precise), we call this an "XY >problem" for shorthand. >It's important for me as a person who's been on the listening end of >questions for many years, and who has to listen professionally (and >most of the time answer professionally) to realize that all problems >are pieces of solutions to larger problems. considered an appropriate topic for this newsgroup. Y has more of a chance to look like a Perl problem. -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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