Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 12/4/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: "Offensive" jokes, minorities, real men, &c. Message-ID: <1907@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-May-84 22:02:53 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1907 Posted: Wed May 9 22:02:53 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 10:02:00 EDT References: <1439@dartvax.UUCP>, <426@ccieng5.UUCP>, <150@scc.UUCP> <1689@brl-vgr.ARPA> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 7 For those of you who have joined us late, BLKTRAN was a programming language intended for the stereotypical inner-city black; i.e., dumb, larcenous, etc.. It was not in the *least* funny; for instance, using "steal" as the statement to allocate more memory was one of the "jokes" in the description. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy