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I've been a solo developer in a small company for almost 25 years and I've hardly ever worked from 'specs'. An exception was the last web application that just rolled out a few months ago where the customer provided spreadsheets (order sheets) and said 'Make it look like this.' They also provided sample invoices and reports.
The project took around 9 months to 'complete' and so far (knock on wood) has been the best product rollout that I've ever been a part of. I attribute that mostly to the customer knowing exactly what they wanted and working from sample output/reports. We also had weekly teams meetings during development which I hated, but were essential.
Typically, our customers/end users have very little input into our product's designs. For the most part, our products are very niche and everyone on the team has > 20 years experience working either directly or indirectly in that niche. Customers rely entirely on us to make something that works. If they come up with a good idea, we steal it then charge them for it! 
For the most part, there are no specs...we just make it up as we go.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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xkcd: University Commas[^]
Two questions:- Any UNICODE experts here?
- If there are, are there different code points for each type of comma?
This is what occurs to you when you wake up with the start of a migraine and you are working "chemically enhanced".
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: are there different code points for each type of comma?
Gnome characters says no. 
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon
You come and go, you come and go
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Software Zen: delete this;
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Wow, bit of a stretch. Nice try though
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You seem to be a Comma Chameleon.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Any UNICODE experts here?
Dunno if I'm an expert, but I do know the difference between UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, etc. and what a code page is actually used for (for non-Unicode).
Gary Wheeler wrote: If there are, are there different code points for each type of comma?
If it's a different glyph it's always a different code point. An easy way to verify this is to copy and paste any text you want into a text file, save it as Unicode, and inspect the text file in a hex editor.
Edit: Just read the comic after writing this  , he's using the same comma for the comic strip. He's just being silly with all the crap we go through to not agree on stuff.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 6hrs 5mins ago.
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A short search through Unicode code chart shows Arabic comma, reversed comma, medieval comma, ideographic comma, Georgian comma, Ehtiopic comma, and so on.
Sadly there is no Oxford comma
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Is the CCC too difficult - not even a wild guess makes me think no one is reading it.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I (think I) have the first two letters. The rest nothing.
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Thanks for additional clue! I think the answer is 'respite' (highlight text with mouse to read the suggested answer).
I admit that I used a list which sorts words by word length to help, but that would not have helped without the first two letters
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I'd say you have it. Jump in!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Thirty years ago I would probably have got it, but these days my brain is so full of rubbish ...
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He didn't give you the first two letters though
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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NO, but I only just got round to seeing it (hearing aids for the first time today, and they are driving me round the bend...)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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MOT yesterday, hearing aids today - what next ? 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Posting the CCC? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: hearing aids for the first time today, and they are driving me round the bend.
Welcome to official membership of "Old People". 
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I've had my Official "Old Fart" mug for over 20 years!*
* It became an Official "Grumpy Old Fart" mug while I was quitting smoking.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I didn't find it too difficult. It took me about 10 minutes to solve it. But, I didn't start till about 40 minutes ago. It was solved, and usually is, a couple hours before I've even read it. Central Daylight Time is about 6 hours earlier than your time. If I'm awake at 3 am my time it's usually because the coyotes are howling outside my bedroom window.
I'm not advocating for changing the "official" start time of the CCC. I am trying to solve them, it's just that I'm starting late so there's no reason to respond if I do solve it (unless I have a pithy comment).
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Sorry. My dad died this morning and I can't concentrate at the moment.
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Sorry to hear that Pete ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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