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"Are there any [lang] libraries that are backings for the [service] API?" This is explicitly listed as off-topic: Questions asking us to recommend or find a b
by Danack 12y ago
"Are there any [lang] libraries that are backings for the [service] API?"
This is explicitly listed as off-topic:
Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, "software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow as they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam. Instead, describe the problem and what has been done so far to solve it."
- spinlock 12y agoI disagree. The question does not ask to find a library but rather it asks about the internal workings of a service.
- sirclueless 12y agoAnd this is precisely why I left SO. Without fail, the most interesting and useful questions for me on the site were more or less surveys of the population -- "What's a good library for reading XML in C#?", "XYZ looks like it was abandoned, is there a good replacement?", "Why is Python 3's virtualenv different" and that kind of thing. Maybe that's just me, because if there ever is a question with one correct technical answer, it's easy to figure out on your own. The things I want to interact with a human to figure out are universally to do with historical reasons for things, ergonomic choices, and opinions on quality. I want a smart person with strong opinions, not a politically correct karma grinder who can type quickly.