Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:23:40 -0400
Message-Id:	<200010161823.OAA11967@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<39EB4271.85CE6874@antlimited.com> (message from Richard
	Heathfield on Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:01:21 +0100)
Subject:	Re: Undertaking a programming journey
References:	<MOqE5.2173$W31 DOT 29870 AT news1 DOT online DOT no> <8scg36$gsm$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <39E9CF07 DOT 785C0C0F AT eton DOT powernet DOT co DOT uk> <8scls9$kth$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <rgnjusgvadc5q9d53jticrrgdthc9af3lv AT 4ax DOT com> <39E9FAD5 DOT DE1FDAE4 AT eton DOT powernet DOT co DOT uk> <8sdrub$h7u$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <39EAA40B DOT 31B0CA89 AT eton DOT powernet DOT co DOT uk> <8seoli$65v$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <39EAF73E DOT ECA52E1A AT antlimited DOT com> <8sfbu7$n06$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <39EB4271 DOT 85CE6874 AT antlimited DOT com>
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To:	nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To:	listserv AT delorie DOT com

> That's human nature, and old-time Usenetters not only replace their
> keyboard regularly (it's usually their ENTER key which breaks
> first...),

Let's see, I'm on my fifth or sixth keyboard, and my failing memory of
the old ones (the IBM clickety keyboard has lasted a *long* time) says
it was the control, slash, and semicolon keys that did them in ;-)

My wife broke one or two just from sheer speed.

But, I digress...

- Raw text -