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From: Joerg Schilling
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00

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In article <m3ra5so9d5.fsf@thepla.net>,
Chris Bitmead  <ChrisB@thepla.net> wrote:
>js@cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling) writes:
>
>> Linux documentation and the Linux include file system makes it hard to become
>> a good programmer by only seeing Linux code. Most programs that have been
>> developped on Linux are hard to port to other UNIX flavours.
>
>I havn't found that myself, but then maybe I am already a good
>programmer :-)
>
>One thing I am sure of though, is that Linux is unequalled when it
>comes to the ease of porting _to_ it from other versions of UNIX.

 What I wanted to say, is that I read man pages and good programmers
do read man pages but people who start learning UNIX on Linux
tend to read the source (maybe they have been influenced by 
George Lucas: UTSL = Use The Source Luke)

Unfortunately, innocent people seem to be irritated by reading 
the include files and tend to use the wrong files.

Joerg


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From: js@cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)
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Date: 1998/01/29
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