From: joehorn@usa.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48 Subject: Roo-man & Joey, #3 Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 18:46:37 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 26 Message-ID: <6sk3qf$6s8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.17.159.42 X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Sep 02 18:46:37 1998 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5b1 [en] (Win95; I) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x2.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 206.17.159.42 Xref: republic.btigate.com comp.sys.hp48:15389 SCENE: Fade to a small cottage in the sheep country of New Zealand. Roo-man is standing in the doorway. His dark masculine hands, callused with long hours at the terminal, grip the shoulders of a young, raven haired woman. "Wendy, my dearest, you must understand we face difficult times. Times through which only the resourceful, the methodical, the dedicated will accomplish the tasks that lay ahead. I do not do these things lightly. We may have to give a little against the foe of piece-meal programming in order to gain on the other fronts facing limited space and slow processing speed. Yes, Wendy, this is a calculated risk, but it's a risk that's got to be taken!" "Oh, Roo-man, I never doubted that you had the best intentions. I guess ... (wiping a tear from her eye) I guess a programmer must do what he must do." Roo-man enfolds her in his arms, briefly forgetting the heavy responsibilities that have been laid upon him. Pausing, he holds her at a distance as if memorizing every feature. Brushing the hair from her eyes he smiles, then briskly turning hops between space and time, reassured that the one who means most believes in what he is about to do. --excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification [They just don't write docs like they used to. -jkh-]