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Re: TLG investigation
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:29:15 GMT
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:38:34 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
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> I'm not getting into editor wars with you. :-) My syntax was XEDIT.
> If you've ever written an Xedit macro in exec2 instead of REXX, you're
> old.
I have by now forgotten what that syntax I used was originally from,
but I've gotten used to it on ASR. :)
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> Communication was did.
It could be me, but I don't get it?
Jasper
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| (...) That's a saying/shorthand from NITPICK FORUM back in my IBM days... Here's more detail: "Communication was did." is ungrammatical. Everyone knows it. But most people can quickly parse out that the statement is saying that some communication (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: TLG investigation
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| I'm not getting into editor wars with you. :-) My syntax was XEDIT. If you've ever written an Xedit macro in exec2 instead of REXX, you're old. Communication was did. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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