From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: The DJGPP Oracle
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:37:59 -0700
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M. Schulter wrote:

> Of course, reading the docs is only the starting point. People can miss
> details, misunderstand things, or fail to realize that a problem they
> perceive in one way is really synonymous with an issue covered in the
> FAQ
> or other DJGPP documentation under a different name.

I make a distinction between someone who has looked at the README and the
FAQ and still doesn't understand (for whatever reason), and those that
haven't even bothered looking and want me to find the passage in the FAQ
for them.

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