There Are No Dumb Questions

In my recent efforts at creating a data resource management system for my game engine I have entered #python several times to ask questions and get other's opinions. It has helped me so far, so I plan to continue.

The thing that most intrigues me about this experience is that even though I don't always get the answers that I was looking for I always seem to get what I really needed. Now, you may be thinking, "Well, duh, TMG! Those guys know Python--not to mention coding in general-- at least 1,000 times better than you do! " and that is almost always true. However, there is another thing that I have noticed, which has nothing to do with the experience of the experts: Simply talking about my problems helps me to solve them on my own, even when no one has an answer for me. I suppose its because putting enough mental effort to explain my code and ideas well enough that other people can understand them makes me see things from other angles, which in turn helps me to get a better grasp of the problem and therefore makes it much easier to see the solution.

I've known it for a while, but it seems that now that I've finally begun to utilize the social networking power of IRC the need for talking about my coding woes has become much more obvious. The key word in that statement is "begun." I've ONLY begun to really use IRC for practical purposes. I'm still fairly new to the world of IRC--and given my nonstandard perspective on practically everything at all, it will be a while until I really understand IRC. ^_^

That concludes my little rant. I hope you learned something useful that you can apply to your life, etc. etc. blah blah....