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: 103376,571930b4ff0bc1ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-30 09:49:02 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!upp1.onvoy!onvoy.com!news7.onvoy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Brian Hanson" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3AC03CCE.70E3C2D5@mida.se> <87ae67qdrv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87lmprow3a.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <874rweoo2p.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3AC2EE4D.56D61A58@mida.se> <3AC2E665.F45C18A@home.com> <87hf0cs7ci.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Subject: Re: Compile time executed functions X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:47:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.145.14.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@onvoy.com X-Trace: news7.onvoy.net 985974431 206.145.14.2 (Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:47:11 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:47:11 CST Organization: Onvoy Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6262 Date: 2001-03-30T17:47:11+00:00 List-Id: So who is this Esher guy perhaps its Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid. Brian Hanson brian.hanson@nospam.usfamily.net "Ken Garlington" wrote in message news:YfTw6.461$3V5.99097668@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com... > > "Florian Weimer" wrote in message > news:87hf0cs7ci.fsf@deneb.enyo.de... > : Mark Biggar writes: > : > : > It's been done many times. For example go read "Godel, Esher and > : > Bach" by Hofsteder, > : > : I think the third name is spelled 'Batch', at least the list is more > : consistent then. ;-) > > Well, I have to ask - what's the joke here? > > (For the sake of completeness, I think it's "Godel, Esher, Bach: The Eternal > Golden Braid", which uses the letters BEG to good effect ;) > >