From: "Richard Heathfield" <complangc@eton.powernet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Partners Wanted
Date: 1999/07/13
Date: 1999-07-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01becd6d$b3662de0$0e01a8c0@eton.powernet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: FEtnyE.HMG@research.att.com
Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com> wrote in article
<FEtnyE.HMG@research.att.com>...
> In article <01becd57$fb266980$0e01a8c0@eton.powernet.co.uk>,
> Richard Heathfield <complangc@eton.powernet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com> wrote in article
>
> > Harvey's Law: For every 255 on-topic threads, there should be 1
off-topic
> > thread. In that spirit, I'll answer:
>
> > X is now 7 and Y is now 3.
>
> > It's analogous to the C code:
>
> > int x = 7, y = 3;
>
> > x * y;
>
> > Well, okay, I'm guessing. So? ;-)
>
> Indeed, you're guessing -- and you're guessing wrong.
>
> That's 0 for 2. Still think Cobol is obvious?
Never said it was (or at least I don't think I did). But I never learned
COBOL. I spent three days trying to, but a COBOLler looked over my
shoulder, said "That's recursion! You can't do that in COBOL!". I asked why
not, since it clearly worked, and he went running into the DP manager's
office. I was then promptly - and firmly - given something else to do
instead. ;-)
--
Richard Heathfield
The bug stops here.
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-08 0:00 Partners Wanted Bahram Mirkalami
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Kim N�rby Andersen
1999-07-09 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
[not found] ` <01beca1a$86d1a800$0e01a8c0@eton.powernet.co.uk>
1999-07-09 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
1999-07-09 0:00 ` firewind
1999-07-10 0:00 ` John Duncan
1999-07-10 0:00 ` Kenny A. Chaffin
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Roedy Green
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Sunil Rao
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Jim
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Sunil Rao
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Sunil Rao
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Edward Hill
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Edward Hill
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Scott McMahan
1999-07-13 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Steve Horne
1999-07-14 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Warner Bruns
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Richard Heathfield
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Dale King
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Dale King
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Richard Heathfield [this message]
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Roedy Green
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1999-07-13 0:00 ` LR
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Mark
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Bahram Mirkalami
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