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Subject: lesser known computer languages
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 10:09:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 10:09:18 1985
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	At RPI ten years ago, we had an interperator called SCRUBOL.
I don't recall what the letters stood for, but it was designed to annoy
the operators of our IBM 360/50. The commands that I recall from it
were
	LP  - launch paper. This opened the hood on the printer, and
			did a whole box worth of form feeds.
	BSO - branch on sleepy operator. This tested the operator to
			see if it was a good time to try something
			really nasty like..
	W   - wabbit. Launch a task that launches two of itself.
	OP  - order pizza. Our computer was called Fat Albert, and
			this command would cause a phone call to
			be made to a local pizza place, and a tape
			would order a pizza for Albert.
	CP- cut paper. make the printer kepp hammering on the same line
			long enough to cut the paper.
	HCF - halt and catch fire. I don't really know what this did,
			but supposedly it worked.
	CRN - convert to roman numerals. All arithmetic was done in
			Roman Numerals.
	CM  - cookie monster. This would write cookie monster wants a
			cookie on the operators console. If the operator
			did not type cookie as his next input, the system
			would fall to its knees.

				Anton Winteroak