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| (...) Amen to that. Perl is the first general-purpose programming language I've ever used* which hasn't yet made me mad at it because it couldn't do something in a clean and straightforward way. It's amazing: I just never get mad at Perl. Instead, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Once upon a time, (on Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:52:22 GMT, to be precise!), Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities.... (...) Ah ha. Hmmmm. How much %age of the company were you offered? (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Absolutely. And let's burn all copies of Lott we can find, using the original Constitution as lighting-fluid. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Come now. Python uses whitespace to indicate nesting. Even perl knows better than that. Hell, friggin' BASIC knows better than that. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) And what's so bad about that, eh? Somebody's gotta do it. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Technology (...) Oops... I meant 'everyone who works/associates with us'. :) There are I think 20 people who work for (my) CTP, but I'm not sure how many government agencies deal with us. Your CTP is certainly bigger! :) Jeff P.S. If you are (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) There may be many psychos there, but at least they're polite. I lived in Buffalo for 4 years and got enamored of canada. Well, mainly of its beer. I keep threatening to defect, but until they pass the ERA here I won't have to. :) Patricia (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, I read about CTP in InfoWorld all the time, so I'm part of Larry's everyone. (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Who's everyone in this context? CTP stands for Cambridge Technology Partners to about 4500 people that work in 50 offices worldwide. :-) That everyone may be bigger than your everyone. :-) -- Larry Pieniazek (URL) Application Integration! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) What does CTP stand for? I ask because I work for the Cartographic Technology Programs Office(1), which everyone calls CTP. :) Jeff 1 - CTP is a part of the National Ocean Service (NOS), which is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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