From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate !doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!glasgow!unix.brighton.ac.uk!je@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (John E
Subject: Re: "the so-called Beaujolais effect"
Date: 27 Apr 93 14:34:33 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1993Apr27.143433.19552@unix.brighton.ac.uk> (raw)
stt@spock.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes:
: The term "Beaujolais effect" was coined during the original
: Ada 83 design effort, when Jean Ichbiah promised a bottle
: of Beaujolais to anyone who could find an instance of the following:
^^^^^^^^^^
So, was he trying to *discourage* people from finding any such instance?
(Sorry, couldn't resist ;-)
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