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In article <1172@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> gilbert@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Gilbert
Cockton) writes:
>  This is how I wrote before I entered the
>grey world of science and mathematics, and if it was good enough for
>history, philosophy, psychology and sociology at college (the sociologists
>did grumble at times!), it's good enough for anything.  No time is to ever be
>had by me for the prescriptive barbarism of technical writing guidelines. 
>
Perhaps this explains why I have never encountered the name of Gilbert
Cockton in my reading experiences which include artificial intelligence,
computer science, cognitive psychology, mathematics, and philosophy!