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   Message 56,801 of 57,431   
   David Brown to Julio Di Egidio   
   Re: Another little puzzle   
   22 Dec 22 16:50:45   
   
   From: david.brown@hesbynett.no   
      
   On 22/12/2022 01:05, Julio Di Egidio wrote:   
   > On Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 01:01:08 UTC+1, Mike Terry wrote:   
   >> On 21/12/2022 21:54, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:   
   >   
   >>> kind of most natural definition, at least to me.   
   >>   
   >> That is unambiguous, but to my mind not at all what is wanted   
   >   
   > You just dont get it, do you?  This is (comp.)programming   
   > where guesswork is a *capital sin*.   
   >   
      
   Programming is all about trying to guess what the customer actually   
   wanted, rather than what they asked for!  :-)   
      
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