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SubjectRe: elevator algorithm bug in ll_rw_blk.c
On 19-Nov-98 Riley Williams wrote:
> {Shrug} I quote from Collins Technical English Dictionary...
>
> Q> Elevator: (1) {UK} An alternative name for an escalator, usually
> Q> referring to mobile escalators, especially in agricultural use.
> Q> (2) {Primarily US} A cage that moves up and down a vertical shaft,
> Q> stopping at various different levels determined by the operator.
> Q> Escalator: {UK} A rolling staircase, where passengers or goods
> Q> placed thereon are moved from one level to another automatically.

well i'm sorry and apologise for being rude
what you have is a definition for a grain elevator (sort of a conveyor belt)
not many people when presented with the term elevator would think of a grain
elevator
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simon

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