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On 6/12/13 5:14 AM, rickman wrote:
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> That is why I said "the spec didn't elucidate much".  I don't think
> reading source code is the way to learn about techniques...  If I wanted
> to learn programming by reading source code, I would be using Linux.
>

A Standard is not intended as a tutorial. You learn programming by 
reading books & articles, reading source code, and trying things.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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                Re: Programming Style anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-17 15:37 +0000
                Re: Programming Style Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-17 08:17 -1000
                Re: Programming Style albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-17 19:47 +0000
                Re: Programming Style anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-18 08:12 +0000
                Re: Programming Style Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-17 12:59 -0700
                Re: Programming Style rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 23:33 -0400
                Re: Programming Style Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-19 19:50 -0700
                Re: Programming Style Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-20 03:08 -0500
                Re: Programming Style Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-20 01:55 -0700
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                Re: Programming Style anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-20 15:40 +0000
                Re: Programming Style "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-20 07:21 -1000
                Re: Programming Style albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-20 09:50 +0000
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                Re: Programming Style "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-06-16 00:31 +1000
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            Re: Programming Style albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-12 11:10 +0000
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                Re: Programming Style anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-14 12:45 +0000
          Re: Programming Style rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 16:39 -0400
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