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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: "Competence" (was: 'constant functions' and access constant params)
Date: 1999/09/28
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In article <7sqc54$1va$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> in documentation are serious bugs, and competent programmers
...
> Then it is being modified by incompetent people. yes, I

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means"  - Indigo Montoya (Princess Bride)

I think being labeled "competent" by Robert must be quite high praise
indeed. If ACT ever sponsors awards for coding excellence, I'd
suggest naming them the "competence awards" :-)

--
T.E.D.


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