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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 2 Oct 2024 07:29:49 GMT
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 03:05:23 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 2 Oct 2024 02:40:51 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> Democracy leads to mediocrity and worse.
> 
> “Democracy is the worst system in the world ... apart from all the
> others.”
>     -- Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the best PM in the world aside from almost everyone 
else.