16:45:45
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<veltas>
Am I the only one who feels like you almost never find a library that actually does what you need, or if it did there's not enough documentation to use it?
16:46:38
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<veltas>
Or if it works it's harder to use it than hack something for the job together
17:01:38
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<KipIngram>
No, you're definitely not. Isn't that more or less the root of Chuck's criticism of libraries to begin with? That they're never "exactly what you need"? They're "off a little," or have a lot of extra stuff in them that's of no use to you, etc., and you find yourself changing your solution to fit the library.
17:02:19
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<KipIngram>
And if you use several libraries, you generally have to write glue to connect them together in a way that will work.
17:02:36
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<KipIngram>
I think Chuck just sees all of that as "off the proper solution path."
17:03:29
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<KipIngram>
I think you're totally right - it never seems easy and straightforward to see exactly how the thing works. I'm sure it made total sense to the guy who wrote it, but for the rest of us some labor is required to get our head around it.