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Subject: Conditionals !
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Date: 30 Mar 91 03:12:45 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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 Date: 03-26-91 (14:17)              Number: 1601 of 1601 (Echo)
   To: GARY SMITH                    Refer#: 1569
 From: RAY DUNCAN                      Read: NO
 Subj: CONDITIONALS !                Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 The problem I see with IF( )ELSE )THEN is that it makes things more
 difficult to "comment out" -- all the implementations of ( that I know
 about would incorrectly identify )ELSE or )THEN as the end of the
 comment.

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