[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.

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