What languages have the best/worst documentation and support communities?

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Published on 2008-08-26T13:46:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 23:43 UTC
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This is more to satisfy my curiousity than anything else, but what languages have the best (or worst) documentation and support communities (including IRC, mailing lists, USENET groups, websites, forums, etc)?

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