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Re: Convention versus standard

• From: Liam Quin <liam@w...>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:33:24 -0400

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 01:04:09PM -0400, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Is a convention the same thing as a best practice?
No, not in general.  Things that are "usually done" or that are
done by most people are not necessarily the best way to do
things or even good things to do.

Liam

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