That's funny!
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:06 AM Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 7:59 PM Bill Anderson billand88@gmail.com wrote:
DECLARE Next(1, 1) Next(1) = .F. && Boom!
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"Boom!" Nice catch, Bill!
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