Hello Ted,
 \|/  Subject:  Question #1!
 /|\  On Wednesday April 08 1998 at 17:02, 
      you wrote to Gerald Miller saying:
 TM>>> `IF EXIST` will not be necessary, when you use the >&nul stuff.
 GM>> That will certainly shorten the batch and eliminate any
 GM>> requirement for jumping around...
 TM> Making the batch more readable in the process ;-)
Wouldn't the `IF EXIST ... blah, blah` make the batch run faster?  I think 
I'm going to put some timer routines in and check to see which technique 
works in the shortest time......
 TM> All those jumps tend to make your batch look like noodles...
Would the term "spaghetti" be more appropriate?  It can look like an Andy 
Warhol painting for all I care, but if it's functional and does the job for 
which it was intended, then that's number one in my book!  
 GM>> The other alternative was to address it to "ALL", but that seems
 GM>> rather impersonal and you were the main "instigator"...  ;-))
 TM>  That's far too much honour for me, Gerald... :)
Okay, no more praise for you!  It just goes to your head and makes us all 
feel woozy.   :-)))
              G'Day ... Gerald
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