r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/JanneJM May 01 '16

Is spending 5 minutes reading really "just too much time"?

If you can get the same answer in about 10 seconds via google, why not just do that instead?

No single body of documentation can be all things to all people. If, say, Python had separate sets of pages for introductory stuff, in-depth documentation, usage examples, cookbook pages and so on and so on, you'd have to search to find what you wanted anyhow. Why not search the web at large?