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  1. Newsgroups: alt.kids-talk
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!liebea
  3. From: liebea@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Adam Fred Lieberman)
  4. Subject: Re: *** shoot yourself in the foot 
  5. Message-ID: <lhm3-f@rpi.edu>
  6. Nntp-Posting-Host: rebecca.its.rpi.edu
  7. Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  8. References: <ZL2qXB18w165w@mertwig.uucp>
  9. Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:28:13 GMT
  10. Lines: 21
  11.  
  12. In article <ZL2qXB18w165w@mertwig.uucp> daniel%mertwig@uunet.uu.net  (Daniel Drucker) writes:
  13. > ...
  14. > The C programmer tends to put "()" after every major verb
  15. > when they talk or write: "are you going() to see() NWA tommorow?
  16. > I'll try() to get() tickets!" 
  17.  
  18.      Shouldn't that be: "are you going(to see(NWA,tomorrow))?"
  19.                         "I'll try(to get(tickets))!"
  20.  
  21.      Which really should be:
  22.     if (is_going(you,to_see(NWA,tomorrow))) /* Are you going to see NWA
  23.                                 tomorrow? */
  24.        announce_intention_to_try(to_get(tickets)); /* I'll try to get
  25.                               tickets! */
  26.  
  27. /* The sad thing is that even this won't work. */
  28.  
  29.                         /************************
  30.                          * Adam Lieberman    *
  31.                          * liebea.rpi.edu    *
  32.                          ************************/
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