He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
When it comes to finding out that your prospect doesn't have the budget or isn't thinking as big as you are, remember this: Bad news early is good news.
Finally, the default message is the same message you displayed in Listing 5. This message will most likely never be used, but it's good to have as a fall-back.
Although there are many ways to write software, we chose messaging for this purpose, because it has the advantage of being both synchronous and asynchronous in nature.