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Subject:Re: an observation about writing From:"Dan S. Azlin" <dazlin -at- SHORE -dot- NET> Date:Sun, 17 Dec 1995 18:07:35 -0500
On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Susan W. Gallagher wrote:
> At 12:22 PM 12/14/95, Matthew B. Hicks wrote:
> >Hi all:
> >
> >Yesterday, I was editing (read "rewriting") something one of our
> >programmers wrote when I had the following thought:
> >
> >I bet that if a programmer wrote a screenplay, the hero would, rather than
> >riding off into the sunset, ride off into the setting of the sun.
> >
> ROTFL!! Love it Matt! But more likely...
> The setting of the sun has been ridden off into by the hero.
> -Sue Gallagher
> sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com
How about...
if hero=TRUE & sun=Setting then
begin
sun == horse(hero, ride, 0);
Free.horse;
end;
Dan Azlin ** WORD ENGINEERS, Technical Writing & Publishing **
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