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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Superstition in Programmers - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 01:09:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 20 01:09:07 1984
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If you mean "is the sticking in of the ritual 'line that doesn't begin
with a blank or tab' at the front of an article whose first line would
otherwise begin with a tab the latest superstition", the answer is no.
It's not a superstition; several articles which have come through in the
past couple of weeks have been truncated.  It's a writearound; i.e., something
that really shouldn't have to be done which is being done to get around a
bug.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy