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From: cmurthi <xyzcmurthi_at_quest.with.a.w.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:29:04 -0400
Message-ID: <3F986440.2060600@quest.with.a.w.net>

Mikito Harakiri wrote:
> "Mike Preece" <michael_at_preece.net> wrote in message
> news:1b0b566c.0310231443.4ce7517f_at_posting.google.com...
>

>>Apology not necessary. Thanks anyway - it's like a breath of fresh
>>air.
>>Char(255) = End of item mark
>>Char(254) = Attribute mark
>>Char(253) = Value mark
>>Char(252) = SubValue mark

>
>
> Fresh air? Where did you dig that corpse from the 60s? Even XML (which
> smells a lot too) is more inventive with their field delimeters [SIC].

And you and many of the most polemic of the 'theorists' are pretty inventive with spelling, syntax and grammar, too. Perhaps communication skills was not a requirement in your education...but then, maybe it's only necessary if one communicates with the real world, eh?

Oh btw, what *is* a 'more inventive' field delimiter? Let's get to the *really important* issues here!

Chandru Murthi Received on Thu Oct 23 2003 - 18:29:04 CDT