From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: f645d,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidf645d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-12 20:30:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.nyroc.rr.com!cyclone-out.nyroc.rr.com!typhoon.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Leo Tohill" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc References: <1004990076967295@aol.com> <3e68a8bb.0111161813.77de6474@posting.google.com> <08utvtg6437744cjn7120ul528hjbeg25s@4ax.com> <3C047697.28D5059C@nyc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Bizarre languages ( was Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? ) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 04:28:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.58.58.21 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.nyroc.rr.com 1008217694 24.58.58.21 (Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:28:14 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:28:14 EST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.basic.visual:11785 comp.lang.c++:110951 comp.lang.java.programmer:117274 comp.object:27909 comp.lang.eiffel:5122 comp.lang.ada:17873 comp.lang.perl.misc:82482 Date: 2001-12-13T04:28:14+00:00 List-Id: "The number you have reached is not in service." Would be funny, if it were true. The actual message, as I've heard it, is "The number you (have) dialed is not in service." wrote in message news:nd8d1uo1sm6og7rn00ca26l5kk6099hl92@4ax.com... > Sorry, I can'r resist. This is one of my favorites: > > ---------------------- > Bell Laboratories has formally announced what it believes is the ultimate > computer science language. Described by Iusi Nogoto, the foremost Japanese > fourth generation language expert, as "the only truly elegant computer > language ever devised." NULL, as it is known, was developed by the same > department that originally invented the wrong number, the busy signal, and > the phrase, "The number you have reached is not in service." > ... > ---------------------- > > For the rest of the text, see: > http://jdurrett.ba.ttu.edu/misc/Null-language.html > > Note the name of the programmer. Priceless! > > /kenw > Ken Wallewein > Calgary, Alberta > kenw@kmsi.net