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> There is only 1 caveat to the manual that I would recommend to beginners.
> This is a "process for learning from the manual".
> 1. Read the manual all the way through.
> 2. Read the manual all the way through.
> 3. Now sit back and think about what you can do with the language features.
> 4. Now, read the manual all the way through.
> 5. Now sit back and think about the motivations behind the language features
> and how neatly they fit together.
> 6. (Optional) Go write up some code snippets, bounce around in the manual

This is not optional. It should be inserted before each of your steps
(step 0 alone being optional, in case you've not programmed much before,
or prefer to know the language a bit before using it).

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