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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!!!
Message-ID: <12128:Nov1017:48:5690@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 90 17:48:56 GMT
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In article <1990Nov10.162446.20443@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes:
> On the other hand, the they really want
> to dig in and become a competent Unix user/programmer or a systems
> developer, there's no substitute for sitting down and reading the
> manuals from cover to cover.

I disagree. Reading the man pages is like reading a book on how a bike
works. You'll never learn to ride a bike if you don't get out there and
start practicing!

A good way to become a UNIX expert is to rewrite every program on the
system. Or at least a good chunk.

---Dan