Re: A brief introduction

Klemens Morgenstern via Boost <[email protected]> spake the secret code
<CAGT5OKMoDu2=9Nab3r291d3-t20ALr7e_kMoL9nH8Dw5P+z7fg@mail.gmail.com> thusly:

>On Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:31 AM Richard via Boost <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>> In article
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>>     "Steve Gerbino via Boost" <[email protected]> writes:
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>> > Hi all, my name is Steve Gerbino. [...]
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>> Welcome, Steve!  I am really looking forward to doing more with capy
>> and corosio.
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>I for one did not fine one message in this thread relevant. Smalltalk can
>be done on slack.

Noted!

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