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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: why learn C?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:27:55 -0400
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Markus E Leypold
<development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> writes:

> As much as I disklike Dmitry's disgressions in the obscure and
> wonderful: 

I think they're fun, and in some cases, even instructive.  ;-)

>...But here he is right: 
>...

Yup.

- Bob