>>>>> "jc" == jc  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    jc> Which of us is right can't be determined by logic, because
    jc> we're talking about human behavior, which isn't especially
    jc> logical. So what we need is a controlled experiment: We make
    jc> this notation part of the standard, and implement it in a lot
    jc> of programs.  Then we study the ABC that comes out of those
    jc> programs' new users, to see what the statistics are.

    jc> When we get enough data to have statistically significant
    jc> results, one of us can publicly admit that the other was
    jc> right.

But you can't then take the feature out, because there will then be a
body of work that depends on it.

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Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.laymusic.org )

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