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[111.89.224.243]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 65-v6sm17331267pft.74.2018.05.18.17.48.35 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 18 May 2018 17:48:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c05::235 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225416 Archived-At: --Apple-Mail=_620A0957-AD18-473D-9B08-00C48ADF3498 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On May 18, 2018, at 22:39, Van L wrote: >=20 >=20 >> Jean-Christophe Helary writes: >>=20 >> Let me restate what I wrote. The book was written at a time when = computer where not common and programming was a skill you could only = learn from *books*. >=20 > Do you have a link to a computer museum to strengthen that claim? The book was originally written in 1990 (check copyright) when the = internet was mostly not available to people who had a computer for = personal use. Documentation then was available in the form of books, = that came with the software. Jean-Christophe Helary ----------------------------------------------- http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune --Apple-Mail=_620A0957-AD18-473D-9B08-00C48ADF3498 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

On May 18, 2018, at 22:39, Van L <van@scratch.space> = wrote:


Jean-Christophe Helary writes:

Let= me restate what I wrote. The book was written at a time when computer = where not common and programming was a skill you could only learn from = *books*.

Do you have a link to = a computer museum to strengthen that claim?

The book was originally written in 1990 (check = copyright) when the internet was mostly not available to people who had = a computer for personal use. Documentation then was available in the = form of books, that came with the software.



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