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Subject: Right tool for the job (was: Exact integer-valued floats)
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Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> writes:

> Apologize in advance for top-posting.  My Xoom makes bottom-posting
> awkward.

Surely the better solution, then, is to use a tool which does allow you
to compose a message properly – and abstain from posting until you get
to such a tool.

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