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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Coding Standards.  was: a style question
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Date: 28 Nov 90 19:32:35 GMT
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In article <6733@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes:
> Even a fairly poor standard will beat no standards almost every time, 
> provided that the poor standard begins with a large-enough share of
> the user base. [uses English language as an example]

Ah, but consider what it would be like to have to express oneself:
	1) In bureaucratese which
		a) is the sort of standard that standards committees
		   generate
			i) with the best of intentions
			ii) despite their own best efforts
		b) is capable of driving people
			i) insane
				A) clinically
				B) metaphorically
			ii) to desparate acts
		c) nobody wants to read, whether
			i) they want to
			ii) they have to
				A) as a job requirement
				B) simply to get along
					I) with friends
					II) with family
					III) with the government
						... etc...
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