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Subject: What should the Standard include?
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Date: 27 Feb 91 03:08:56 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 10,  Topic 30
Message 111       Mon Feb 25, 1991
GARY-S                       at 06:23 EST
 
          
 Subject: Strings
 In Message: <9102222024.AA15755@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
                                 wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM writes:

 >I suspect that if fstrings were proposed, the minimalists would scream
 >bloody murder.

   and rightfully so. fstrings has absolutely no place in the controlled
   word set. as ancillary baggage - fine. add a refrigerator if you want,
   but don't try to weigh down the core with personal gadgets.

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