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Re: Instructions from Devs

Subject: Re: Instructions from Devs
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:57:35 -0400

On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:25:22 -0400, Mike McCallister <mike -dot- mccallister -at- pkware -dot- com> wrote:

One of our developers sent this link to a blog post titled: "The more times you use the word "simply" in your instructions, the more I suspect you don't know what that word means":

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/03/10/10598846.aspx

Observe that one of the blog's comments includes the word "plover." Now reflect upon how you pronounce that word. Do you rhyme it simply with clover, or instead simply with cover? It's simple, irregardlessly.

Looks like Tuesday. Feels like Friday.
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