[thelist] DB "Limit" Command Question
Edward McCarroll
Ed at ComSimplicity.com
Fri Apr 17 07:34:19 CDT 2009
> > there really is no such thing as "random" on a computer.
> You mean other than the words found in error messages, right?
In the mid-1970's, on a Univac 1108, one of the Fortran compiler's most
frequently-seen error message was:
"This statement starts (or ends) badly."
I never did figure out how they knew the middle part was OK.
"Expletive Deleted!" (Richard M. Nixon)
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