Time for a good fpHistory story...

[Kenneth Brody]

Howie wrote:
[...]
> | Can someone share why the word "dummy" was chosen rather than "smart" or
> |   "intellegent"? Epecially since variables can be just as smart as a
> | field code.
[...]
> 
> Barry's explanation is the way I remember it too.

"Ditto."

As I recall, it was simply "real" fields (those stored in the database)
and "dummy" fields (those not stored in a database anywhere).

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