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From: mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)
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Subject: Re: [Request] Diamond
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 02:57:34 +0000 (UTC)
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|> > is it possible to draw a nice diamond in ascii?

A poor thing but my own...


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