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Various magazines (Dr. Dobbs, MSJ/MSDN Magazine), USENET (comp.lang.*), email lists, MSDN subscriptions (the DVDs full of Microsoft documentation), books, lots
by justrudd 4y ago
Various magazines (Dr. Dobbs, MSJ/MSDN Magazine), USENET (comp.lang.*), email lists, MSDN subscriptions (the DVDs full of Microsoft documentation), books, lots of experimentation, etc.
There were actually quite a few resources before StackOverflow.