From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Subject: Re: Partners Wanted
Date: 1999/07/13
Date: 1999-07-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FEtKD3.G52@research.att.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7mfpke$ebq$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
In article <7mfpke$ebq$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>,
Warner Bruns <bruns@tetibm2.ee.TU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
> > OK, here's a pop quiz. If X is 7 and Y is 3 and you execute
> > MULTIPLY X BY Y.
> Let me guess:
> X now has the value of 21
> Is this right?
No, it's wrong. Please try again.
My point in bringing up this example, by the way, is that the
meaning of ``obvious'' depends in large part on what is familiar.
--
Andrew Koenig, ark@research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark
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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 ` Edward Hill
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 ` Scott McMahan
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
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 [this message]
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 ` Richard Heathfield
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Dale King
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Roedy Green
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1999-07-13 0:00 ` LR
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Mark
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Bahram Mirkalami
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