In a message dated 18/10/2009 11:30:07 GMT Daylight Time, someone, but I can't quite work out actually who wrote:
>Are they not for keeping the boards in, that are used to dam the canal? I think the answer to the original question is 'No' as in 'No they are not for not keeping stop planks in' which of course to any old-school COBOL programmer worth his salt is the obvious way to write the statement. Nothing like a good smattering of double negatives in the code to keep the program maintenance boys on their toes, I used to think! Hey-ho ..... Happy days! Arthur Naylor nb Identification Division. (if you get this you know who you are, not forgetting the full stop) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
