# To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) :
> Thanx, I tried this once and didn't succeed then so I continued
> working on other parts of the program. I've just tried it again and
> now given the experience I've gained in the meanwhile using the
> library I've succeeded in getting it to work.
Back long ago when I was first learning C programming I had a heck of
a time with, of all things, the open() function -- I could not get it
to work properly or as I expected. I somehow kluged around opening
files and went on with the project. When I came back to it, I
reimplemented what I thought was the same code and, lo and behold, it
worked with no problem. Since then I've always had a theory that
applications, libraries, and programming languages somehow "know" when
you're a neophyte to them and will actively do things to thwart you. :-)
spl
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