Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpvcla.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!tikal!hplsla!hpvcla!carolp From: carolp@hpvcla.UUCP (carolp) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Humor ala Kernighan Message-ID: <6900001@hpvcla.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpvcla.6900001 Posted: Thu Jul 11 06:18:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 03:14:52 EDT References: <714@vax2.UUCP> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:vax2:-71400:hpvcla:6900001:000:655 Nf-From: hpvcla!carolp Jul 11 03:18:00 1985 >This reminds me of a Fortran compiler I used to use years ago on a >XEROX 560 computer: If you did the following > > ASSIGN xx JAIL > GO TO JAIL > >In the compiler listing would be the following, right after the statement: > GO DIRECTLY. DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT COLLECT 200 DOLLARS. > >Anyone else know of any hidden program 'features' such as this? > Dave Hardy (whizzo@mit-eddie) My high school had a home-brew compiler that when confronted with GO TO HELL; would generate a *syntax error* I DON'T LIKE THAT LANGUAGE! and stop compiling. Carol Peterman (hplabs!hp-pcd!hpvcla!carolp)