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[Steve Holden]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Alex Martelli wrote:
> 
>>One great programming principle is "Dont' Repeat Yourself": when you're
>>having to express the same thing over and over, there IS something
>>wrong.  I believe the "DYR" phrasing is due to the so-called Pragmatic
>>Programmers, who are paladins of Ruby, but I also believe it's a
>>principle most experienced programmers could accept.
> 
> 
> Shall we assume DYR == "Do You Ruby?" ?  <wink>
> 
No. it's the Forth equivalent of DRY: Don't yourself repeat.

regards
  Steve
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