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Subject: Re: Poetry in programming (Was: Re: Comparing OO against Structured Methodologies
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Tentacle of Igor Chudov (ichudov@espcbw.stat.ncsu.edu) wrote:

: Actually, in many ways programming is close to poetry. 

  ... or even fairy tales.

  This is why I often include the following procedure declaration in
  many of my programs,

      procedure Once_Upon_A_Time ( parameter_list );

  Richard Riehle
  adaworks@netcom.com




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