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Re: How I start - ARM software programmer

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: How I start - ARM software programmer
Date 2017-08-01 10:47 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 31/07/17 22:06, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 31/07/17 10:12, David Brown wrote:
>> comp.programming is mostly dead
> 
> Newsgroups are like economies. Talking them up might do them some good,
> but talking them down will definitely do them some harm.
> 
> There are still programmers monitoring comp.programming, as you yourself
> have just proved.
> 

True enough.  But I monitor a few "dead" groups like this, mainly so
that I can point newcommers towards more useful groups.

If there were a way to revive this group, that might be good - but is it
possible?

> What would you have programmers do - use Web forums? Ick!
> 

Unfortunately, that is what they seem to do - whether I like it or not.
 Even newcomers often seem to think Usenet is a web forum, thanks to
google groups.

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How I start  - ARM software programmer Ilias Abrams <iliasabrams@gmail.com> - 2017-07-29 11:41 -0700
  Re: How I start - ARM software programmer "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2017-07-29 21:29 +0200
  Re: How I start  - ARM software programmer Michael Forsythe <forsythe@example.com> - 2017-07-29 23:10 +0000
  Re: How I start  - ARM software programmer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-07-31 11:12 +0200
    Re: How I start - ARM software programmer Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-07-31 21:06 +0100
      Re: How I start - ARM software programmer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-08-01 10:47 +0200
        Re: How I start - ARM software programmer Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-08-01 12:31 +0100
          Re: How I start - ARM software programmer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-08-01 16:22 +0200
            Re: How I start - ARM software programmer Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-08-01 16:02 +0100

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