>>>>> "John" == John M Vinopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> My guess is that this example code was trimmed down from s
John> something fancier and this is a palimpsest fragment.
I occasionally have "vestigial code" left in my column programs as
well. Durn this writing thing! <barbie>"Writing is hard!"</barbie>
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