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

Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:27:27 -0500

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From: Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:27:27 -0500
Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server
References: 14-12-010
Keywords: errors, history
Posted-Date: 31 Dec 2014 11:46:25 EST

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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