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Re: playing with IFS

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: playing with IFS
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:10:30 -0700
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On 2026-04-12 15:44, Mark J. Reed wrote:

You know, Ray, you'd get better answers to your questions if youstarted out by telling us what you're trying to do instead of justgiving us the code that supposedly does it. A lot of the time you'rein the land of X/Y problems and therefore asking the wrong questions.

I hear you. But as often as not I've made some simple syntax errorthat's reparable without having to dig into the agenda ... which iscomplicated.

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