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Date:        Wed, 31 May 1995 22:49:35 +0200
From: Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN.SUNET.SE>
Subject:     Re: getting started
To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU, Dave Barr <barr@math.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 31 May 1995 16:34:41 -0400 from Dave Barr
             <barr@math.psu.edu>

On Wed, 31 May 1995 16:34:41 -0400 Dave Barr <barr@math.psu.edu> said:

>Well, you said it yourself. "In the real world, standards are standards.
>If the standards say  X you do X. If your program is  found to do X' and
>X' is  not allowed by the  standard, you apologize  and fix it to  do X.
>This is  the way  the industry  at large operates,  and this  has worked
>successfully for decades."