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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.wizards:4847 alt.folklore.computers:16628
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!barmar
  3. From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,alt.folklore.computers
  5. Subject: Re: So You Want To Be A Wizard? (A modest proposal)
  6. Date: 23 Nov 1992 04:19:22 GMT
  7. Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
  8. Lines: 13
  9. Message-ID: <1epm4aINN33p@early-bird.think.com>
  10. References: <1jXlcG#575FKP4KlPy74ZPYBY5ltVXn=esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: gandalf.think.com
  12.  
  13. In article <1jXlcG#575FKP4KlPy74ZPYBY5ltVXn=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
  14. >Speak, O Guru: What books should I study?  Are the O'Reilly "Nutshell"
  15. >guides a good place to start?
  16.  
  17. O, Guru, I beseech thee that thou includest "Advanced Programming in the
  18. UNIX Environment", begat of W. Richard Stevens.  He knoweth many versions,
  19. and the intricacies and similarities thereof, and includeth many examples
  20. (of which the novice may availeth himself at the altar of UUNET).
  21. -- 
  22. Barry Margolin
  23. System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
  24.  
  25. barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
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