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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
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Subject: Re: Strage error messages
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Date: Tue, 22-Nov-83 11:05:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 22 11:05:46 1983
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Dartmouth has its share of weird compiler errors like the ALGOL
error mentioned earlier. Our Basic7 compiler, upon encountering
a semi-colon at the end of the line, comes back with:

	This is Basic, not PL/I!!

(Or words to that effect, I have not used Basic7 in awhile.)

Our new screen editting system used to die and print out the
following error message:

	Data potato, du wop du wop!

One day a very irate english professor called and complained
about this error, saying that we should not take such errors
so lightly. I sort of thought it better than just having the
screen blank out....

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David C. Kovar      HB 3140  Dartmouth College  Hanover NH  03755
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