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(Code = 62) Position 1 = -2 filename: /in/Z6lY9 function name: (null) number of ops: 18 compiled vars: !0 = $articles, !1 = $article line #* E I O op fetch ext return operands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 0 E > FETCH_DIM_W $2 !0, '3_tenses' 1 ASSIGN_DIM $2, 'title' 2 OP_DATA 'The+Three+Tenses+of+Salvation' 3 3 FETCH_DIM_W $4 !0, '3_tenses' 4 ASSIGN_DIM $4, 'text' 4 5 OP_DATA 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'%3C%21--+--%3E%09%0A%09%09%09%09%3Cbr+%2F%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%3Ca+href%3D%22index.html%22%3E%3Cimg+src%3D%22F%2Fhome.png%22+alt%3D%22Back+to+Home%2FTable+of+Contents%22+class%3D%22center-block%22+%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%3Cdiv+class%3D%22js-footer%22%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%3Cnav+class%3D%22float-nav%22%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%3Cul+class%3D%22button-group+stack-for-small%22%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%3Cli%3E%3Ca+href%3D%22index.html%22+class%3D%22button+radius+secondary+tiny+lg-icon%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22fi-home%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22show-for-sr%22%3EHomepage%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fli%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%3Cli%3E%3Ca+href%3D%22%23top%22+class%3D%22button+radius+secondary+tiny+lg-icon%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22fi-arrow-up%22%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22show-for-sr%22%3EBack+to+Top%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fli%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%3C%2Ful%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%3C%2Fnav%3E%0A%09%09%09%3C%2Fdiv%3E%0A%09%09%3C%2Fdiv%3E%0A%09%3C%2Fbody%3E%0A%3C%2Fhtml%3E' 122 17 > RETURN 1
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