Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:18666 rec.humor:28118 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,rec.humor Subject: Re: How do you tell a wizard? Message-ID: <17131@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 13 Oct 89 13:51:10 GMT References: <69985@uunet.UU.NET> <870@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <917@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Distribution: usa Organization: TrishTrash Readers, Inc. Lines: 18 In article <917@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller) writes: >foo() {FILE *wizard; tell(wizard); } WRONG. foo() { FILE *wizard; ftell (wizard); } My contribution to the discussion - Real UNIX Wizards(TM) recite source code, including line number and file name. Frequently they will tell you what they were thinking when they wrote the code. And if they didn't write the code themselves, they know who did and have their phone number and email address. -- John F. Haugh II +-Things you didn't want to know:------ VoiceNet: (512) 832-8832 Data: -8835 | The real meaning of MACH is ... InterNet: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org | ... Messages Are Crufty Hacks. UUCPNet: {texbell|bigtex}!rpp386!jfh +--------------------------------------