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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
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Subject: Re: functions, packages & characters
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:55:40 -0500, Chad R. Meiners <crmeiners@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I believe this is what David is saying.  Normally when you write code to
> accept arbitrarily large input, you write it so that it's only constraint is
> memory.

Exactly. 

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