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From: stewarte@sco.COM (the termite of temptation)
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Subject: Delimiters (was Re: Who comments out the From_ lines?)
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Date: 31 Oct 90 18:29:44 GMT
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Broadcasting live from Mars, here's ace reporter les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell):

>Picking an "unusual" character combination for a delimiter is sort of
>like saying that the faster cars go through an intersection, the less
>likely it is that there will be a collision.

I don't see the analogy.  I would contend that it's more like saying
that if an intersection has a sufficiently small amount of cross-traffic,
the odds of a collision are low enough not to warrant a traffic signal.
Dunno about you, but lots of intersections where I live are uncontrolled...

-- Stewart
-- 
"I had no message and the message was,
 'we're all Jesus, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz'!"
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