Re: [Mingw-users] [OT] How to know when a process die?

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Wednesday 04 March 2009 01:38:35 John Brown wrote:
> do you really believe that
> the original poster would not get more and possibly better help if
> he posted to a newsgroup such as
> comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32?

Not at all, although in the case in point, it is hard to imagine what 
better answer he might have been given, to the question he asked.

My point is that his question certainly was not out of place on this 
list; it was inappropriate for the responder to put him down, as he 
did, as if the OP was doing something wrong.  While there may well be 
other places the OP could have asked his question, and received an 
equally good answer, he *did* receive a comprehensive and accurate 
answer here, and rightly so.

Directing a poster to go elsewhere is ok, if, and only if, you believe 
that this list is ill equipped to deal with his query, *and* you can 
direct the poster to a more appropriate forum, (which in this case, 
the responder neglected to do).

Anyway, since the responder in this case -- thank you, Roman -- has 
already acknowledged that he may have misunderstood the scope of what 
is considered acceptable on this list, the matter seems hardly worth 
pursuing further.

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Regards,
Keith.