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When Victor Hugo's Les Miserables was first published, Hugo wrote to his publisher to enquire about its sales, with the laconic "?"; sales were excellent, so his publisher replied with "!", famously confirming the shortest correspondence on record.
I tried to reply to the OP with "?", feeling that more would have been superfluous, but the Board insisted that the message was too short.
Illiterates!
brevity
When Victor Hugo's Les Miserables was first published, Hugo wrote to his publisher to enquire about its sales, with the laconic "?"; sales were excellent, so his publisher replied with "!", famously confirming the shortest correspondence on record.
I tried to reply to the OP with "?", feeling that more would have been superfluous, but the Board insisted that the message was too short.
Illiterates!
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