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From: lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw)
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Subject: Re: Follow the true Way -- A PLEA!! for good program design.
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Date: 26 Nov 90 04:11:01 GMT
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In article <1990Nov22.012641.22866@watcsc.waterloo.edu> psop@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Paul Sop) writes:
>Your message contained a good amount of agitation, and this is not
>the place for such agitation.  You're obviously ill-informed when it
>comes to this topic.  Some honest advice with good intent; from me,
>to you:  Chill out a bit.

Ah, but so what if he's ill-informed?  You've just informed him (and me) better.
I actually _learned_ something as a result of the fact that he posted what he did.
Wow, this group is actually USEFUL!!!

Besides, in this newsgroup, we need all the postings we can get.  :-)

BTW, what _exactly_ is the advantage of closing and reopening STDIN?  What does
it allow me to do that I couldn't before?

>     Simulating psychedelic milieus with flashing lights and hallucinogenics:
>.............................................................................
>z s w a m p . f i d o n e t . o r g ! l i l l i p u t ! u n i x 4 ! p s o p 4
>    - O R -                   p s o p @ w a t c s c . w a t e r l o o . e d u
>.............................................................................
>                                                      Mail me if you're mean.
-- 
But there's more to this life than living and dying,\               Logan Shaw
More than just trying to make it through the day,    \lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
More to this life, more than these eyes alone can see,\    Amiga 2000, C= 1084
And there's more than this life alone can be.          \        GVP 40Q, 8-up!