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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:10:28 -0000 (UTC)
richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:

> I don't see why it would be a question of stripping things out rather
> than only copying into your program the transitive closure of the
> things you use.

Same difference, I suppose.