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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values (was: Unicode in strings)
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On Mon, 27 May 2024 15:08:42 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> I find this to be an example of incredibly irresponsible language
> design.

In those days, hardware was expensive, and human time was considered 
(relatively) cheap.