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From: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
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Date: 25 Feb 89 06:57:21 GMT
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In article <1284@raspail.UUCP> bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht) writes:
]
]One of my favorite ways of defining an infinite loop in a language similar to
]Modula-2 is:
]
]const HellFreezesOver = false;
]
]REPEAT
]  stuff
]UNTIL HellFreezesOver;


We had a similar one when I was learning Pascal (ugh :-() at UC Santa Cruz:

const
	TheProfessorIsAnAsshole = true;

	.
	.
	.

	while TheProfessorIsAnAsshole do begin
		stuff
	end;


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