note merlyn <blockquote><i>In theory, theory and practice are the same.</i></blockquote> The version I heard is: <blockquote> The difference between theory and practice, in theory, is less than the difference between theory and practice, in practice. </blockquote> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-9073"> <p>-- [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/|Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker] <p>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. </div></div> 756792 799829