<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:paul.hudak@yale.edu">paul.hudak@yale.edu</a></b> <<a href="mailto:paul.hudak@yale.edu">paul.hudak@yale.edu </a>><br>Date: Mar 20, 2007 6:55 AM<br>Subject: [Haskell] NYTimes.com: John W. 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