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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
> Because C was sufficiently worse. At some point Visual Basic came and
> superseded both... (:-))

What a depressing idea ...

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Jeff Carter
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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