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Subject: Conditionals !
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Date: 4 Mar 91 13:20:13 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 10,  Topic 4
Message 3         Sun Mar 03, 1991
B.RODRIGUEZ2 [Brad]          at 10:22 EST
 
> I don't know of any systems other than LMI using the names
 > ".IF .ELSE .THEN".

Klaus Schleisiek-Kern of DELTA t uses these names.

> I am worried that raising the issue will open the door for the
 > minimalists to propose deleting the functions entirely.

And I am worried about functions being railroaded into the BASIS. Is it the
TC's policy to put things in at the last minute so as to avoid discussion of
their removal?

- Brad

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