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Am 22.08.2011 13:37, schrieb Roy Smith:
> In article
> <c4163eeb-c306-49d1-9337-0eb9f47df52f@s12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>   Tomas Lidén<tomas.liden.privat@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> A cross-platform deterministic order would be excellent for us.
>
> "A cross-platform deterministic X would be excellent" is a true
> statement for almost any value of X.  Many people have wasted much of
> their lives trying to achieve that goal, for various Xs.
So true..., QOTW +1