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From: hosking@convexs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Humor ala Kernighan
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 19:51:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 19:51:00 1985
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Nf-From: convexs.UUCP!hosking    Jul 13 18:51:00 1985


>On the Data General MV/10000 running AOS/VS, if you type the command
> 
) xyzzy
> 
> It replies
> 
> 	Nothing happens.
> 
> That's what happens when you let computer jocks write your software....

Almost right... The fun part is that if you have an xyzzy.cli, it is executed
properly.  Note that this is the ONLY case in the entire CLI where macros have
higher precedence than built in commands.  I used to work with the guy who
added this feature.  He spent quite a few hours trying to figure out exactly
where in the 5 inch thick, 16 bit assembly code listing to put this, and had
quite a lot of fun watching people try to figure out what was going on.

			Doug Hosking
			Convex Computer Corp.
			Richardson, TX