And which area of programming, even in the west, really did need to be elegant and compact?
It's a city that proves it's possible to be elegant, seductive, beguiling and primed for the future.
The important thing was that they should be elegant, even if at the time they did not seem practical.
Simple language can be elegant, and deceptively plain declarative syntax is capable of hinting at a rich emotional complexity teeming underneath.
In this would-be elegant setting, Mr Netanyahu talked of Mr Obama as "gracious" and glowed with approval of Mr Obama's twin messages.
"To be elegant is a question of detail, " says Brioni's Angeloni.
Bidders, many in suit and tie, tend to be more elegant than their daytime brethren.
We wanted the clothes to be really elegant, smart and tailored in a D.
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"This was never going to be a bill that was going to make people happy, because no solution to a problem can be more elegant than the problem itself, " said Frank.
Nathaniel, who's incoherent and delusional at times, can also be perfectly elegant, and never is he more balanced than when he's sawing away for hours at a time on violin or cello.
What drivers will notice, however, is that this is one luxury car that has no illusions of being anything else--unlike the 7 Series, for example, which is intended to be both elegant and a blast to drive.
While the city's paramount business-class hotels continue to be the elegant 120-room Baur au Lac facing Lake Zurich and the quieter 173-room Dolder Grand nestled in the hills overlooking the city centre, there are other, newer choices.
Whereas a Cox presidency would be high on elegant deal-making, a Martin one would stress fair dealing.
The overall experience, says HTC is supposed to be smart and elegant.
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Pinot Noir is, or ought to be, an elegant wine with a sense of liveliness and vibrancy, and these hit those marks.
The top-of-the-line XTS, a successor to the old DTS, will be large and elegant, and also feature an advanced front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive chassis.
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Post-lockout NBA may be short on the elegant ballet, heavy on the 14-foot brick.
They appear to be resting on an elegant countertop with out-of-focus furniture in the background, like we're glancing at a room in your house.
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There should be a simple yet elegant and sophisticated solution.
It is a tough man who speaks the language of business, sports and politics trying to be high-toned and elegant.
With smart pavement and GPS providing data to on-board computers in vehicles, traffic could be programmed to move in elegant swoops following safety algorithms that guarantee the safety of people, cyclists and green spaces.
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Tall, slim and rakishly elegant, he could be the American reincarnation of British actor David Niven.
Elegant apps tend to be much more simple in what they actually deliver us.
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Our goal should be to think strategically and seek elegant, long-term solutions.
Most law schools are stuck with the idea that law is a dignified profession with elegant theories that should be the principal focus of law school classes.
The large office buildings, arranged in a spiraling cluster around the memorial sector, will be a far more proportionate and elegant addition to the skyline than the twin towers' bruising banality.
The overall impression should be of a well-bred, elegant horse in miniature, Ms Bowles explained.
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Engineering can suggest elegant answers or art can be crafted with engineering precision, but nothing is guaranteed.
Through a seemingly elegant design, lead can be transformed into gold, or, at least, something of greater value.
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