In a recent note, Ed Gould said:

> Date:         Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:35:19 -0500
> 
> On Jul 30, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> > -------------------------SNIP---------------------------------
> 
(I believe you SNIPped the wrong half of my message.  The first
section, which you deleted, referred to M & C; the second half,
which you retained, dealt with the program's behavior versus the
RM.)

> You should THANK IBM for at least providing a messages and codes
> Manual:-)
> 
No.  In this case, I found the message self-explanatory
(notwithstanding that in the culture of this list the modal
view is that "self-explanatory", when applied to messages, is
pejorative).  M & C adds only misinformation.  In this case,
the programmer would be better off absent the M & C text.

-- gil
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