No it's not a strawman. It's the exact context of the question and confusion. He wasn't asking about it in a vacuum. He was asking about it in the context of %hash=(); or %hash={}, the mistake he made in the OP. That's the context your answer should be presented in!!

And since when was "indicate" an absolute? "It's a possibility" could easily be rewritten as "likely indicates". I also do not think you would be wrong to expect it. "Expect" is not an absolute either. If 89% of the time that's how it plays out then why not expect it? It's like when CPU's predict the next set of instructions and cache those. Sometimes their expectations are not met, but often they are and we get a nice performance boost out of it. Or like when the boss expects good work from a long time employee with a history of producing good work. Heck, if a Lead is assigned to work on a project, that's a good indicator that it's either important or difficult (or both). We use expectations in our lives all of the time. I expect the bridge over the Missouri River here to hold up when I cross it. Update: Just like being 20+ levels deep is a good indicator this is waste of time! ;)

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In reply to Re^27: Why? (each...) by Argel
in thread Why? (each...) by locked_user sundialsvc4

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