in 86949 20081024 205720 "Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Steven D'Aprano <ste...-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >>On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:53:19 +0000, Peter Pearson wrote: >> >>> On 24 Oct 2008 13:17:45 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>>> >>>> What are programmers coming to these days? When I was their age, we >>>> were expected to *read* the error messages our compilers gave us, not >>>> turn to the Interwebs for help as soon there was the tiniest problem. >>> >>> Yes, and what's more, the text of the error message was "IEH208". After >>> reading it several times, one looked it up in a big fat set of books, >>> where one found the explanation: >>> >>> IEH208: Your program contains an error. Correct the error and resubmit >>> your job. >>> >>> An excellent system for purging the world of the weak and timid. >> >>You had reference books? You were lucky! When I was lad, we couldn't >>afford reference books. If we wanted to know what an error code meant, we >>had to rummage through the bins outside of compiler vendors' offices >>looking for discarded documentation. > >eee! You were Lucky! > >You had Compilers! >You had Compiler Vendors! > >When I was lad, we had nowt but raw hardware. >We had to sit in cold room, ears deafened by >whine of fan, clicking switches to load our >octal in computer. We just had error light... > >- Hendrik
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