"antgel" wrote in message
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Depends who you consider an arbitrary bunch. Who _do_ you consider the
arbitrary bunch in this case?

Anyone who writes "standards" without the authority to do so

A drill will let you drill your eye out. Applications are just tools.

Fair point.

The fact that a lot of people do it doesn't make it correct. Your
argument is full of logical flaws.

The fact that someone takes it upon themself/ves to write a "standard"
doesn't make it correct either

One thing that I have learnt since reading this group is that you have
to have the right tool for the job.

Couldn't agree more. But sometimes it's worth doing a bodge if it's quick,
and a one line top post might well be such a bodge but if it does the job
then so what.