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|    Mike Powell to MORTAR M.    |
|    Strange a bit    |
|    30 Nov 24 12:07:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2233.englisht@1:2320/105 2bb0894c       REPLY: 2668.fido_englisht@1:124/5016 2bae66f7       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: CP437 2       > > As someone else pointed out, compilers catch a lot of their goofs for       them.              > And your both missing the point. Consider the context of the msg. as a whole       > and you might gleam what I'm saying.              Unless you were being sarcastic, I am not missing the point. Many       programmers I know, especially once that never learned COBOL, really have       issues with written communication.              Their reading skills are sometimes awful, too. I cannot count the number       of times I would email something to a developer only to have them show up       at my desk where I would repeat (often word for word) what was in the email       so that they could understand it.              Unless your original post was in sarcasm, I don't agree with it.              As an aside, I will say there are many programmers who participate in the       BBS networks that don't seem to have as much of a problem with writing and       reading. I have never worked alongside any of the programmers I have       conversed with on BBSes. For whatever reason, many I meet in real life are       lacking in both.                      * SLMR 2.1a * DALETECH - for all your home security needs!       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/10 37 104/119 105/81 106/201 116/17 18 123/130       SEEN-BY: 128/187 129/305 142/104 153/757 7715 154/10 30 50 700 203/0       SEEN-BY: 218/700 840 220/20 90 221/1 6 360 226/18 30 44 50 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 114 206 300 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757       SEEN-BY: 322/762 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58 712/848       SEEN-BY: 902/26 2320/0 105 304 401 3634/12 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 154/10 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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