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From: tif@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Is there a "getopt" for PCs?
Message-ID: <2300008@cpe>
Date: 17 Sep 88 03:48:00 GMT
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Written 10:05 am  Sep 16, 1988 by proxftl.UUCP!jesse in cpe:comp.sources.w
>But because he admitted that
>he doesn't ordinarily read this group (i.e., he only comes here when
>he has a problem to solve), at least two people were sufficiently
>offended that they posted nasty responses.

Yep.  The point (at least my point), was that it's obvious this group
is not very exciting reading.  But, if all of us "skipped this group"
because it's not exciting, the group wouldn't be of much help.

If I wanted something from a group I don't usually read and it was
even trivially important, I think I would subscribe to the group for
a couple of weeks rather than say "I think this group is boring, but,
can you help me ...."  Rather, I'm willing to meet them half-way.

It's like having a girl-friend that only calls when she needs a favor,
it's like ... oh never-mind.  I'll contain my future "nasty responses."

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
			{convex,killer}!ninja!cpe!tif