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Re: Readability

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From: Stan Ryckman
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:32
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In article <4gq7t3$oi5@solutions.solon.com>,
Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk> wrote:
...
>That is a different context which gives the term 'redundancy' a slightly
>different meaning. In that case redundancy implies some form of duplication
>to permit continued operation when one (or possibly more) elements fail. 
>In this case the redundancy describes something whose existence makes no
>difference to the operation in any circumstances.

I'm reminded of a definition I saw somewhere (might have been in
the Devil's Dictionary), something like:

redundant (adj.) see redundant.

Cheers,
Stan.
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Stan Ryckman  (stanr@tiac.net) (new e-mail address)
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