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+@c If you think this manual is too large for an introduction, please
+@c consider this email exchange:
+@c
+@c >> The intro is almost 300 pages in full. I had expected 60 pages.
+@c >
+@c > This is an important point in its own right. Could you
+@c > write a simplified introduction that is only 50 pages or so?
+@c > That would be helpful to many potential users, I'd think.
+@c
+@c > The problem with the introduction is that it was written when
+@c > programming was only starting to be a skill "normal" people could
+@c > have access to. So the text is extremely verbose and is
+@c > sometimes hard to follow because of that. The gist of the
+@c > document could be summarized in 50 pages.
+@c
+@c This book is intentionally addressed to people who don't know how to
+@c program. That is its purpose. We recommend people start learning to
+@c program using this book.
+@c
+@c If you DO know how to program in some other language, you can probably
+@c learn Emacs Lisp starting with the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
+@c
+@c Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
+@c https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-05/msg00374.html
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