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by hibbelig 1928 days ago
No! Because I wouldn't have done all the failing things.

Example: I am a Unix user and I want to delete a directory. But I don't know how to do that. So I say "ls /bin" and think that maybe the "d" in "dd" has something to do with delete directory (and "df" is delete file?), and so I do "man dd". So I get some idea what "dd" can do. (Deleting directories is not one of them, though, it seems) I also find "unlink" which seems promising, but that one can't delete directories, only files.

If I had asked you, and you would have told me "rmdir", then I would never have learned about "dd" and "unlink".

It's just an example; I wasn't sure I could come up with something more realistic from actual development.