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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 versus CORBA?
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:25:46 +0200
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> On the question of manual weight, I'm using "Advanced CORBA
> Programming in C++" by Henning & Vinoski - it's not quite as heavy as
> Stroustrup's special edition.

this phenomena was investigated many years ago:

    http://chunder.com/stuff95/walnut.html

> or why not have several such as GetCRCAsFormattedString I think
> I'll go and lie down now it must be time for my medication.

check out the python PEP for MD5:

    http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0247.html

as far as medication goes, i'm all for:

    when in doubt, double the dose