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On 11/02/2010 01:17 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>
> _Type vs "waste time thinking up other names" is a religious argument
> (guess which side I'm on?); it has never been settled before, and won't
> be settled this time.

Those who think the essential S/W-engineering activity of choosing good names is 
a waste of time are clearly not S/W engineers.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish."
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