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Subject:Re: Clarity or Talking Down? From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 May 1997 10:14:33 -0700
>Tim Altom [SMTP:taltom -at- IQUEST -dot- NET] wrote:
>...
>> In other words, as you get more knowledge, you
>> should be able to make do with fewer and fewer instructions. A Ph.D. should
>> need no more than a two-word hint then, eh?
>
>I thought the rule was "a (as in 1) word to the wise."
>
>
>Mike Huber - taking minimalism to the penultimate
>mike -dot- huber -at- software -dot- rockwell -dot- com
>
And the ultimate is clairvoyance.
--Wayne Douglass
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