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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
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Date: 11 Feb 89 01:30:30 GMT
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In article <20373@coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes:
>Another subclass of computer folklore is the occasional barbed comment
>that one can find when reading through source code.  Operating-system
>programmers seem particularly prone to witty, shamefaced, or other
>slightly-off-center comments in their code.

Similarly, I was reading the microfiche for MAIL.EXE in VMS
(hopefully, I'll never have to read the microfiche again!).
MAIL.EXE is a WIDELY used program on VMS upon which the daily
life of a lot of companies depend.  After poring through the
listings, I finally found the main module.  The header started
off with a brief description, authors, pages worth of revision
information, etc.  At the very bottom of the comment were
the words (from memory):

  I originally wrote this program as an excersize to learn VMS...

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
	Can you "Spot the Looney"?