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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: A Modest Defense of ACT (though they are big boys and can take
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Date: 1999/02/25
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In article <36D5713A.27E2BCAF@lmco.com>,
  Steve Quinlan <steven.quinlan@lmco.com> wrote:
> dewar@gnat.com wrote:
> This is so obviously incorrect that I suspect that Steve
> missed a not :-)
>
> Yes, I considered it obvious from the context that I was
> being ironic.

Well I agree it *should* be obvious, but you would be
surprised how many users of the public version of GNAT get
outraged that we do not follow their suggestions. Actually,
readers of CLA have seen this dynamic in action more than
once :-)


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