Martin Weiss wrote:
> "not that there is anything wrong with posting the same answer twice".
>
> If the solution was correct in the first place, why post it again? If it was
> not, why repeat the mistake? The duplication of effort on the list is
> substantial, induced by the lack of coordination between participants. But
> why add to it, Neil
If someone wishes to waste their time providing the same answer again
then that is their prerogative.
The only down-side to it that I can envisage is that others on the list
spend a few seconds reading it before realising that its the same as
previously posted.
Neil
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"We should make things as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Anon (not Albert Einstein)
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