Denny wrote:Ma started programming in the early '60s...
to find someone you need to know what their name starts with...
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Thanks again, Denny. The main point of my last post was that I did in fact know how to make such a search, but
did not think of doing so - my brain is still wired to doing most things in what would formerly have been the more direct, non-virtual way - default reaction = have communication with
people, so ask as a first step (as in real life), before going off to use research resources, as it may be easier/faster. That is no longer necessarily true, but it is a life-time habit that a couple of years of computer-dabbling has not yet over-ridden in all contexts. Some things I would now automatically research on-line at least in addition to in hard copy reference material, but the possibilities of the Web are not yet hard-wired into my approach. Even if I hadn't used the Forum's search facility before, I'm sure I'd have sussed how to use it
had I actually thought of doing so in the first place! (Compare to recent exchange between Denny and sbfluter on the "Clips" sticky.)
