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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul20.214113.29958@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 21:41:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com> alpha@wyvern.twuug.com (Joe Wright) writes:
- >Proposed change to 'standard' practice. 'RTFM' is now 'RTM'.
- >The 'F' does not relate to any known adjective for Manual.
- >'Read The Manual' should suffice.
-
- Yeah, it should, but if it did they wouldn't have asked the question
- in the first place. Hence the 'F'.
-
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