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Re: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration



On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 03:21:35PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On 20030320T214958-0500, Matthew Danish wrote:
> > I highly recommend putting aside the IP-address-configuration stuff for
> > the moment and consider becoming a better programmer computer-science
> > wise.  Get your principles down; that's more important.  If you want to
> > move beyond simple stuff you have to learn these things.
> 
> Programming is a skill and an art.  The most important thing is to
> practice it with as much vigor as one can.  Theory is important, sure,
> but one should not study it instead of practical work, it has to
> supplement it.  If you restrict yourself to the teory, you are not a
> programmer.

Neither of the programming books I recommended restrict themselves to
the theory.

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