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Article #4911Re: Worst error messages of all time..
From: meis... Michael Meissner
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 1990 17:38
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 1990 17:38
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In article <511@88opensi.UUCP> dave@88opensi.UUCP (Dave Cline) writes: | The Algol compiler used at Case Institute of Technology, after finding | 25 errors in the source (e.g., like you spelled BEGIN as BEGNI), would | print | | "At this point, we suggest you try re-reading the manual." | | It actually had several 'choice' errors messages, but this was the | most obnoxious. I've also heard tell of a Fortran compiler that would print out: "Programming by Monte Carlo methods is frowned upon." if you had too many errors. -- Michael Meissner email: meis...@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Do apple growers tell their kids money doesn't grow on bushes?
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!paperboy!meissner From: meis...@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Worst error messages of all time.. Message-ID: <MEISSNER.90Sep29133844@osf.osf.org> Date: 29 Sep 90 17:38:44 GMT References: <511@88opensi.UUCP> Sender: ne...@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 21 Posted: Sat Sep 29 18:38:44 1990 In-reply-to: dave@88opensi.UUCP's message of 28 Sep 90 18:02:01 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit