"Imagine being Noah Webster at work, writing 'thousands of definitions' of words that already exist, and being paid for the privilege!"
There is value in providing reference texts. There is value in providing sample usages of programs to the unfamiliar. There is value in demonstrating alternative means to reach the same goal.
Donald Knuth's work of cataloguing and examining the different branches and leaves of computer science would be valuable even if he weren't also a world-class computer scientist in his own right (which he just happens to be).
There is value in providing reference texts. There is value in providing sample usages of programs to the unfamiliar. There is value in demonstrating alternative means to reach the same goal.
Donald Knuth's work of cataloguing and examining the different branches and leaves of computer science would be valuable even if he weren't also a world-class computer scientist in his own right (which he just happens to be).