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Re: Indexing (was: *** Why is rewriting bad?)

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From: Joan Stout
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:49
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In article <1993Jan26.181754.9854@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca>, marcy@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca (Marcy Thompson) writes:

|> >I can't help thinking that indexing by hand should be banned under the
|> >Geneva Convention. :-)
|>
|> No argument here. I think it also contravenes the constitutional ban on
|> cruel and unusual punishment if you happen to be in the US. :-)
|>
|> Marcy
|>
|> --
|>
|> Marcy Thompson
|>   SoftQuad (West)
|>     marcy@sqwest.wimsey.bc.ca (preferred) or marcy@sq.com

Hey! Some of us *like* indexing and some of us do it for a living.
(In my case, only *part* of my living.) Some of us even like it 
enough to do most of it by hand. I have indexing software to take
care of the real drudgery, but a professional indexer knows that
computers can't index.

Joan

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|  Joan Stout                   |
|  Technical Writer             |
|  sasjcs@unx.sas.com           |
|  SAS Institute, Inc.          |
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