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From: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX Remembered
Message-ID: <888@stcns3.stc.oz>
Date: 23 Sep 88 00:37:15 GMT
References: <1020003@hpisoa2.HP.COM> <3803@omepd>
Reply-To: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Organization: Alcatel-STC Australia, North Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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In article <3803@omepd> mcg@iwarpo3.UUCP (Steve McGeady) writes:
| 
| Perhaps the founding fathers will consider the immortal error message
| from Ken Thompson's origin chess program:
| 
| 		"eh?"

No - the best one would be "?".  Ken (or Dennis, I forget) described
a car which had but a single instrument on its dashboard - a large
question mark which illuminates upon any error condition.

"The experienced driver will usually know what is wrong"

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU),  Alcatel-STC Australia,  dave@stcns3.stc.oz
dave%stcns3.stc.OZ.AU@uunet.UU.NET,  ...munnari!stcns3.stc.OZ.AU!dave
    PCs haven't changed computing history - merely repeated it