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Old 12-03-17, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Indexed shifting is like the keys on a piano; each key produces the same given note each time that key is struck..
Way OT but your analogy reminds me of a rather dismissive comment about the piano:

"All you have to do is strike the right key at the right time and the thing plays itself."

The author was a rather minor composer named...... J. S. Bach
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