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hughaguilar96@gmail.com wrote:

> Reading tutorials is a
> waste of time. It is
> better if the guy should
> just write a program in
> Forth. He can look up
> what he needs to know in
> a reference as he finds
> the need --- it will be
> more memorable this way
> --- if you just read
> with the vague idea of
> learning, you don't
> remember anything that
> you have read because
> you haven't applied it.

That's about right.  Reading a book about piano-playing doesn't
make a man a pianist.

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