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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The Principle of Most Astonishment
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 14:03:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 14:03:07 1987
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In article <996@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>Consider its potential universal application.  If you typed LOGOUT, you
>really meant LOGOUT=NO, so you stay logged in...

Remember, this is DEC you're talking about.  They're the people who
brought us the PDP-10, on which the "JUMP ADDRESS" instruction doesn't
jump anywhere.  There is an optional parameter before the address that
specifies the condition code that must be set to cause the jump, and
if you don't specify any then it jump under no circumstances.

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Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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