Because example code can help make an intuitive leap that straight
documentation of syntax may not: how to actually use the syntax to get a
specific result.  Manuals may or may not include example code, ( and the povray
manual includes a generous amount), but tutorials necessaily do.

Warp wrote:

>   What's wrong with the povray documentation?
>   You can print it if you want it on paper.
>
>   Why is this phenomenon so popular? It seems that there's a rule that says
> that "never read the program's own documentation; if you are in trouble,
> always ask for 3rd-party tutorials in the internet".
>
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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