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Date:      Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:30:41 -0500
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Style 9 nitpicking question
Message-ID:  <20010817133041.T38066@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <p05101003b7a2e8791588@[128.113.24.47]>; from drosih@rpi.edu on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:34:53AM -0400
References:  <200108161551.f7GFpLK72129@grimreaper.grondar.za> <20010817162340.O34503-100000@besplex.bde.org> <20010817015906.Q38066@elvis.mu.org> <p05101003b7a2e8791588@[128.113.24.47]>

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* Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> [010817 10:34] wrote:
> At 1:59 AM -0500 8/17/01, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >Actually it's quite useful, it means:
> >
> >"I the author of this code am fully aware that this function returns
> >a value, however I know that it either will always have a certain
> >outcome, or that the outcome doesn't matter because I'm attempting
> >to salvage something, or that at this point a failure is of no
> >concern."
> 
> Or it means:
>    "I copied this code from some other section, and whoever wrote
>     that section put these stupid voids there."
> 
> :-)

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't shoot a mime just because he can't do the vocals.

:)

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'?
And why do my programs keep crashing in it?

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