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Subject:	Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:18:51 GMT
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 04:08:51PM +0000, Tim Courtney wrote: > > Advance users that edit the files manually already have > > to understand the file format, with everything that goes with it. > > Sure, understood. I still like the idea of a more common character; even > encapsulating (META) in parenthasees is more common. sure, that works almost as well as {}. It's the _lack_ of any punctuation that bothered me there. :) -- Dan Boger dan@peeron.com

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		Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
(...) Cool. Although I don't have that much (if any) of a say in punctuation/no punctuation, I could go either way. I still prefer no punctuation, to keep it consistent with the way it's been done before. BUT - can't always get hung up on the past (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

		Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
(...) Dan, You program in Perl. Of course you think it's good to always have punctuation. You probably think more punctuation == better. ;) Steve (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
(...) That's the ideal, but we don't have that right now at this moment :-) A good goal to aspire to, and one I'll certainly be promoting among those who are interested in hearing what I have to say. (...) Sure, understood. I still like the idea of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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