On Tuesday 22 April 2014 17:02:28 John Thornton did opine:

> Hi Gene,
> 
> Yes, I'm pretty much the one that translated the docs from programmer
> speak to redneck.

I'm an old Iowa farm kid, but the resemblance is quite strong. ;-)  Moving 
to WV in '84 hasn't helped a thing.

> I do get input and ideas from time to time from the
> IRC and the forum when folks are confused about something in the manual
> and I try and explain it in a simple way. I started when I first saw the
> 2.3 (I think) manuals and was totally confused by what I read, which by
> the way was perfectly correct just not understandable by ordinary folks.

I can agree there John, even at 2.2 they were so concise as to be swahili.  
And I was often the roadkill.  I think I came into emc at about 2.0, way 
back IOW.
 
> JT
> 
> On 4/22/2014 10:20 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 April 2014 11:15:47 John Thornton did opine:
> >> Thanks Gene
> >> 
> >> JT
> > 
> > Thanks for the ack, John but the thanks go to you if you are that
> > editor. Its a huge difference in the clarity for someone looking for
> > an odd loophole to be exploited.  I do that occasionally, usually
> > looking for an exit from the corner I have painted myself into. :)
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene
> 
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