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Re: Am I stupid?



David Fanning writes:
> 
> But I think anyone who abbreviates keywords in code
> should be shocked as soon as his/her figures touch
> the compile button. And I think the compiler should
> barf all over him/her too. :-)

You know, while we are talking about this, and
as long as I already have up a good head of steam...

The most grievous abusers of keyword abbreviations
are the good folks at RSI in the library code.
I can't tell you how many times that GROUP keyword
in XLOADCT has given me grief. :-(

Cheers,

David

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