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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:02:25PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
: So offseting discrete logic blocks that are intended to achive
: specific goals makes it easier for the programmer to hold in
: their head both the idea of what the code is intended to do, and
: what their own logic dictates to them that the code actually
: does.

There is obviously a subtle difference here, but I don't quite get it...

jcm
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