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From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
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In article <bqeoht05rusrp4v72bf2aq4r0ib4s5c5fs@4ax.com>, Roedy Green <roedy@mindprod.com> writes:
> On 4 Jun 2001 19:40:29 -0500, Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry
> Kilgallen) wrote or quoted :
> 
>>> There is a general rule though, that a terser program makes it easier
>>
>>And where is this rule written ?  
> 
> Two places.  See Byte Magazine 1986 October, my article on Abundance.
> 
> See also http://mindprod.com/unmain.html an essay on how to write
> unmaintainable code.

Since these are both your work, I think a more open statement than
"There is a general rule" would have been "I have a general rule".