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| #1861 | | I'm sure that VMS is completely documented, I just haven't found the
right manual yet. I've been working my way through the manuals in the document
library and I'm half way through the second cabinet, (3 shelves to go), so I
should find what I'm looking for by mid May. I hope I can remember what it
was by the time I find it.
I had this idea for a new horror film, "VMS Manuals from Hell" or maybe
"The Paper Chase : IBM vs. DEC". It's based on Hitchcock's "The Birds", except
that it's centered around a programmer who is attacked by a swarm of binder
pages with an index number and the single line "This page intentionally left
blank."
-- Alex Crain
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| #1862 | | I've finally learned what "upward compatible" means. It means we get to
keep all our old mistakes.
-- Dennie van Tassel
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| #1863 | | I've looked at the listing, and it's right!
-- Joel Halpern
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| #1864 | | I've never been canoeing before, but I imagine there must be just a few
simple heuristics you have to remember...
Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit rocks.
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| #1865 | | I've noticed several design suggestions in your code.
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| #1866 | | IBM Advanced Systems Group -- a bunch of mindless jerks, who'll be first
against the wall when the revolution comes...
-- with regrets to D. Adams
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| #1867 | | If a 6600 used paper tape instead of core memory, it would use up tape
at about 30 miles/second.
-- Grishman, Assembly Language Programming
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| #1868 | | If a group of _N persons implements a COBOL compiler, there will be _N-1
passes. Someone in the group has to be the manager.
-- T. Cheatham
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| #1869 | | If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
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| #1870 | | If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a workstation?
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