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From: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Idempotence of S3 (Was Re: IBM Do It Again)
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.213421.22457@decuac.dec.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 21:34:21 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.145344.7135@csl.dl.nec.com> <1991Apr12.155948.29233@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr12.164151.8459@csl.dl.nec.com> <1991Apr12.192026.11296@csl.dl.nec.com>
Reply-To: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio)
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Shoot.  I have never even heard or read the word "idempotent" until
just now.