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Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)

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From: pha... Pete Hanson
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 1990 19:43
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>From article <22...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca>,
by pet...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch):
> 
> How about other creatively named programs?
>


A database retrieval language I used to work with in the Air Force was
known as VIRUS - Versatile Information Retrieval and Update System.

I've also written a set of macros for the Microsoft Assembler that implement
a number of structured programming constructs to MASM - IF/THEN/ELSE,
DO WHILE, etc.  I affectionately refer to these macros as SPAM - Structured
Programming Assembler Macros.
-- 
								   Pete Hanson
							 pha...@well.sf.ca.us
				    {apple,pacbell,hplabs,ucbvax}!well!phanson
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From: pha...@well.sf.ca.us (Pete Hanson)
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Subject: Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)
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Date: 30 Sep 90 19:43:44 GMT
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