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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watmath!thinkage!atbowler
  3. From: atbowler@thinkage.on.ca (Alan Bowler)
  4. Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug25.195819.13827@thinkage.on.ca>
  6. Organization: /etc/organization
  7. References: <396.174.uupcb@ssr.com>
  8. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:58:19 GMT
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  10.  
  11. In article <396.174.uupcb@ssr.com> dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)  writes:
  12. >
  13. >Also consider the following two responses:
  14. >        "What's the REAL question?"
  15. >        "What have you tried?" or "What have you considered?"
  16. >
  17.  
  18. Also  "Why do you want to know?  What are you trying to do?"  This is
  19. a varient of "What's the REAL question?".  I have often regretted
  20. answering the first question asked.
  21.