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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Required Metrics
Date: 2000/05/02
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In article <OKnP4.3694$wb7.343653@news.flash.net>,
  "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:

> Alternate phrasing of the question: If a requirement is in the
> standard, and no one makes an effort to follow it, what's the
> requirement doing in the standard? Why not have an interpretation that
> says, in essence: "Oops. Never mind"? Or am I just missing some
> fundamental point here?

:-)
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who had this reaction.

If a requirement falls in the forest...
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