Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:59

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On 5 Jun 2018 08:27:55 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

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>(Note for American readers; whenever I say "biscuit" in the following,
>please read "cookie" instead!)

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>I wrote software that mixed biscuit dough, weighed the chocolate
>coating on biscuits, measured the thickness of biscuits (if they are
>too thick, the pack will not close properly, so you have to omit
>one and then the packets are underweight and cannot legally be sold)
>and most interestingly, weighed flying crisps.

     Never mind biscuits vs. cookies!  What are flying crisps?

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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