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Winning example of the Worst-Technical-Writing ...
Subject:Winning example of the Worst-Technical-Writing ... From:Gwen Barnes <gwen -dot- barnes -at- MUSTANG -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:09:07 GMT
<alas, it's Friday afternoon, and here I am replying to one of my own
silly posts>
-> KeepGoing = InputYesNo("Display large lumps at a time? ")
-> While Not(EOF(1))
-> Ctr = Ctr + 1
-> Rem Check every so often if large lumps displayed
-> If (KeepGoing) And (Ctr > MaxCtr) Then
I will have to work on a metaphor-straining algorithm that removes these
large lumps from our doc files. Wish me luck!!
Ta-ta for now.
Cheers, 805-873-2500
Gwen gwen -dot- barnes -at- mustang -dot- com
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