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Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude.

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From Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
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Subject Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude.
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A family friend was on the board of governors for a university in the
60's.  There was a tour of a new computer room (IBM1620) for the board
at the end of a meeting.

Being the only women on the board she was put front and center for
running of the never fail tour deck that failed. A error message had
been edited in a compiler to "F... off don't f... up" She was at our
house for diner that evening and described the "incident" for what it
was a harmless prank. A couple days later she had to calm down the
university president from his over reaction.

w..

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Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. federation2005@netzero.com - 2014-12-29 13:51 -0800
  Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-30 02:57 +0000
  Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2014-12-30 11:27 -0500
  Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-12-30 13:13 -0800
  Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. Christophe de Dinechin <christophe.de.dinechin@gmail.com> - 2015-01-12 07:25 -0800

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