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Re: =item 1. Error
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From:
Shawn H Corey
Date:
April 26, 2012 09:33
Subject:
Re: =item 1. Error
Message ID:
4F9978E1.9040403@gmail.com
On 12-04-26 12:30 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Shawn H Corey<shawnhcorey@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> > The problem is that =item is trying to do three things: unordered lists
>> > <ul>, ordered lists<ol>, and definition lists<dl>. In order to sort
>> > things out correctly, you need an escape mechanism.
> I know. But the spirit of POD is that the escape mechanism should be
> required as little as possible and POD should just DWIM.
If computers DWIM, then I'd be out of work. :(
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Shawn
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as it is about coding.
[updated for today's programmers]
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to be mystified. Show me your interfaces, and I won't usually need
your code; it'll be obvious."
-- Fred Brooks
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