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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Simple
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From: Laura Creighton <lac@cd.chalmers.se>
> 
> No.  It *is* teachable.

yes but you have to be able to _learn_ it.  some people can't.

eg. the '1000 line shell script brigade' etc, etc...

> I could understand this stuff, but boy oh boy the temptation
> to try to get away with using it without understanding it 
> is enormous.

i believe most implementations get away with it.  i don't fully
understand it, but i do understand it is not to be attempted if
a) it can be avoided or b) you don't understand it _completely_.

even relatively simple stuff like 822 groups microsoft couldn't
get right (not that i think groups are a good thing, but i do
like them to break their user agents).