This is one of the best discriptions I have ever heard!  Out of curosity Jim, 
are you a programming instructor?

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Patrick Fleming, EA wrote:

> 
> Not very descriptive and hard to track down problems if they exist. 
> Imagine a handful of tangled string, if they all look alike it's much 
> harder to untangle. But if you have 3 or 4 or more different colored 
> strings you can figure out much easier which strings are part of which knot.
> 
> Jim B wrote:
> > I am not a programmer but can you explain what is wrong with $ALAN1, $ALAN2 etc?
> > 
> > Just the fact that his name was in them?
> > 
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> >   Every variable in the entire script was $ALAN1, $ALAN2,
> > 
> >>$ALAN3, $ALAN4, $ALAN5, etc... up to about $ALAN80  He wanted to ask me
> >>a quick scripting question and I took a look at the script and almost
> >>strangled him on the spot.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Bill Warner <wwarner42@cox.net>
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