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* [TUHS] Re: On the term "justification"
@ 2024-06-28 19:19 Douglas McIlroy
  2024-06-28 19:32 ` G. Branden Robinson
  2024-06-29 19:35 ` John Levine
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Douglas McIlroy @ 2024-06-28 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: TUHS main list

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Oops, my last post ascribed Runoff to the 15th century, "sixty decades"
ago.

Doug

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* [TUHS] Re: On the term "justification"
  2024-06-28 19:19 [TUHS] Re: On the term "justification" Douglas McIlroy
@ 2024-06-28 19:32 ` G. Branden Robinson
  2024-06-29 19:35 ` John Levine
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: G. Branden Robinson @ 2024-06-28 19:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: TUHS main list; +Cc: groff

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At 2024-06-28T15:19:49-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
> Oops, my last post ascribed Runoff to the 15th century, "sixty
> decades" ago.

That's okay--no one on TUHS saw it unless they're also subscribed to
groff@gnu.

I noticed, but parked my reply for a day to keep the list traffic volume
down.

Also to see if anyone wants to defend how

.ad c
foo\p
.ad
bar\p
.ad r
baz\p
.ad
qux\p

works.  ;-)

Regards,
Branden

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* [TUHS] Re: On the term "justification"
  2024-06-28 19:19 [TUHS] Re: On the term "justification" Douglas McIlroy
  2024-06-28 19:32 ` G. Branden Robinson
@ 2024-06-29 19:35 ` John Levine
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Levine @ 2024-06-29 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tuhs; +Cc: douglas.mcilroy

It appears that Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> said:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>Oops, my last post ascribed Runoff to the 15th century, "sixty decades"
>ago.

I dunno, it sure feels like it.

Helpfully,
John

PS: This doesn't mean I don't use troff every day.

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