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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:33:53
To: proticon AT yahoo DOT com
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: Newbie Advice Needed
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 03:53 AM 7/31/98 GMT, you wrote:
>In article <35c0fb1d DOT 15862139 AT newsreader DOT 2xtreme DOT net>,
>  TuffGuy AT work DOT com wrote:
>> I am looking for anyones advice on things I should do/get
>> inorder to make my learning process as painless as possible. Thanks.
>
>all growth is painful, learning especially so,
>
>only thing I can recommend is what I am doing.
>eat c
>breathe c
>drink c
>bathe in c
>dream in c
>date in c

Yeah, well, that's what I'm doing now to master EMACS and ELISP and (with
the exception of the "date" part) it seems to be working. EMACS becomes a
very fast and efficient system once you pay the price of a some days and
nights with not much sleep :)

You never know until you try.

Ralph