Re: "Shared" procedure division code


On 4-Aug-2005, docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> >Precision isn't measured by the number of words being passed - it's measured
> >by
> >how effectively the data gets understood. Extra words do not make something
> >precise unless more information was added. My argument is that no more
> >information was added.
>
> It appears that 'no more information was added' when one equates 'It is'
> with 'I believe it is'; I do not believe that this equating is, by any
> means, a universal phenomenon.

I never claimed it was universal. I claimed that in this particular case no
further information was added.

The main exception is when "I believe" doesn't really mean "I believe", but
means "I could be wrong, but".
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