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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Bind problems
Message-ID: <80426796@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 6 May 91 10:23:40 GMT
References: <1991May5.010114.24826@neon.Stanford.EDU> <488@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <JWZ.91May5141303@thalidomide.lucid.com>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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In article <JWZ.91May5141303@thalidomide.lucid.com> jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) writes:
>I think the problem is using insanely short identifier names.  This isn't
>AppleSoft Basic!  

No, but it frequently is serially transmitted.  The urge to keep
spooling time to a minimum is a natural one.  When you reach the point
where you're picking weird names to try and survive, there's something
wrong.