looking to learn

can anyone help me teach me what i need to know to be come an excellent programmer anyone care to teach someone the tricks of the trade ?


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>>> checkem=lambda s:"check 'em" if len(s)>1 and cmp(*s[-2:])==0 else None
>>> checkem('1234')
>>> checkem('1233')
"check 'em"
>>> checkem('1232')
>>> checkem('1')
>>> checkem('11')
"check 'em"

Now just make FIOC interpreter in Lisp