| Re: U Re: need a quicker way to read ascii file w/a structure [message #25351] |
Tue, 05 June 2001 20:25 |
m.hadfield
Messages: 36
Registered: April 2001
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> Hey Mark, you'd better duck for cover! I can't see anything in
> Lucas' post that suggests a female designed the format of the
> data file, and yet you've jumped in with both feet, using
> "she" and "her"... ;-)
I can't see anything in his post that suggests a female *didn't* design the
file format.
Using "he" would (I am told) be sexist, using "they" would probably be
inaccurate, using "he/she" would be awkward and I don't care for referring a
person of unspecified gender as "it".
Using plural pronoun and singular verbs, as seems to be the practice these
days, is out of the question.
Curmudgeon'ly yours...
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Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
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