From the nimble fingers of Robert Purves
(robert.purves@...) (22/4/2001 1:28 AM) came...

> Ever noticed that programmers often spell "lose" as "loose"?  Recent
> extracts from FB-related list traffic should make that clear:
> 
> Robert P.

English is so derned cute in many ways...

I've long clung to:

loose <-> noose
lose <-> nose

as a beacon to these wayward feet in those Dark Hours.

I also use it as an excuse for sloppy programming: need it be any better
than the language with which it is framed?

-- 
Ted Spencer; ted@...
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Youth is wasted on the young.