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Re: [Groff] Re: MSVC Port


From: Keith Marshall
Subject: Re: [Groff] Re: MSVC Port
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 19:11:56 +0000

>> > Read twice, send once ...
>>
>> Your reply is probably something witty, unfortunately I don't
>> understand it...
>
> I read this as an allusion to the old woodworker's adage, "measure twice, cut 
> once", i.e. it's better to check the measurements a second, before ruining 
> the workpiece by cutting in the wrong place.  So, perhaps Jeff is saying that 
> 1.19.2 is a typo which he overlooked;  he dosen't say what he did mean, tho'.

... and if I had read this more carefully a second time, I would have noticed 
the missing word, in "... check the measurements a second time, ..."

Best regards,
Keith.

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