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   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Tamf Moo wrote:   
      
   > Steuard Jensen wrote:   
   >> In message , Troels   
   >> Forchhammer  wrote:   
   >>> Stan Brown  spoke these staves:   
   >   
   >>> [#] I believe that I have previously explained my view of _The   
   >>> Hobbit_ as intended, by Tolkien, to be an independent branch off his   
   >>> main legendarium [...] Rather like branching off software from a   
   >>> main branch and developing on it without any intention of ever   
   >>> having these changes merged back into the main branch.   
   >   
   > Middle Earth? software? blasphemy! horror!!!   
      
   I believe you mean "forking blasphemy" (which for those few of you who   
   aren't software developers isn't nearly as rude as it sounds).   
   >   
   > unfortunately, as well as features, that also tends to introduce bugs.   
   > or at least spiders.   
   >   
   I admire anybody who can extend a metaphor to the point of complete   
   destruction!   
   --   
   derek   
      
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