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On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:46:36 -0400, "Marin David Condic"
<marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> wrote:

>way around. (And when did "terse" become of value in and of itself, anyway?
>Why should it be a goal to be strived for?)
>
>MDC

Terse for the sake of readability is good.  It gets right to the point.

Terse for the sake of being cryptic is bad.