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Re: Am I stupid? [message #25735 is a reply to message #25702]

Thu, 12 July 2001 10:56

david[2]
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Registered: June 2001

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David Fanning writes:
>
> But I think anyone who abbreviates keywords in code
> should be shocked as soon as his/her figures touch
> the compile button. And I think the compiler should
> barf all over him/her too. :-)

You know, while we are talking about this, and
as long as I already have up a good head of steam...

The most grievous abusers of keyword abbreviations
are the good folks at RSI in the library code.
I can't tell you how many times that GROUP keyword
in XLOADCT has given me grief. :-(

Cheers,

David

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		Am I stupid? By: colinr on Tue, 10 July 2001 06:29
		Re: Am I stupid? By: david[2] on Thu, 12 July 2001 10:56
		Re: Am I stupid? By: david[2] on Thu, 12 July 2001 10:49
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 12 July 2001 08:01
		Re: Am I stupid? By: R.Bauer on Wed, 18 July 2001 23:47
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 24 July 2001 02:25
		Re: Am I stupid? By: colinr on Wed, 08 August 2001 04:12
		Re: Am I stupid? By: colinr on Thu, 12 July 2001 00:23
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 11 July 2001 22:06
		Re: Am I stupid? By: m.hadfield on Wed, 11 July 2001 19:20
		Re: Am I stupid? By: david[2] on Wed, 11 July 2001 15:48
		Re: Am I stupid? By: James Kuyper on Wed, 11 July 2001 15:04
		Re: Am I stupid? By: William Clodius on Wed, 11 July 2001 15:23
		Re: Am I stupid? By: William Clodius on Wed, 11 July 2001 15:14
		Re: Am I stupid? By: gorkom on Wed, 11 July 2001 14:04
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