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Answer by Steven Penny for Should a winapi question be closed as a duplicate if it has been asked before in the context of a different programming language?

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If I am looking for an answer to a C++ question, I certainly dont want to reada Delphi question, and vice versa.

I certainly would not want my C++ question closed as a duplicate of a Delphiquestion, that just seems like madness.

It would be one thing for C <-> C++, but come on man. Reading the comments hereit seems like you would be inclined to tell the user "just learn C++" orsimilar. This is not constructive, and not helpful.

If the original question was language agnostic, or you want to go through theold question and all the answers and make it that way, then do that and thenuse the dupehammer. I feel in the context the onus is on you to close a questionwhen appropriate. This situation just feels like someone itching to use adupehammer without putting in the work.


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