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From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:16:55 +0200, Frode =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tenneb=F8?=
<frode@tennebo.com> wrote:

>>>Unfortuantely, the abundance of the former nullify the other two. :(
>>>Generally speaking... ;-)
>> 
>> Abundance? Really?
>
>Err..no - the inverse: shortage *bonk*. I could claim irony, but this
>was just a short-circuit. :/

I knew what you meant :-) Couldn't think of the best word for the
opposite myself though! 'Scarcity' is probably quite close.

>>>Actually, I find this extremely interesting. It means that
>>>"incompetent"
>> 
>> No one mentioned anything here about incompetent programmers. Lack of
>> experience in a language doesn't make someone an incompetent
>> programmer!
>
>I didn't actually _mean_ incompetent, hence the quotes. There was some
>talk about _competent_ staff so I used a reflexive pointer to that
>remark. Sorry about the confusion.

Ok - fair enough.

Best Regards
John McCabe

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