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From: brad@optilink.UUCP (Brad Yearwood)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Message-ID: <994@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 89 06:21:27 GMT
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Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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About comments and labels of prurient or arcane interest - these have
been around a _long_ time.  IBM computers used to come with a nice little
cart full of maintenance documentation.  I remember browsing through the
diagnostic listings supplied with a 1401 and finding a program which appeared
to have been written by a hot rod enthusiast.  Those labels that weren't the
usual useful things like A1, LOOP2, HERE (at least where the ever-popular *-29
wasn't taking the place of what should've been a label) were all things like
PIPES, HEADRS (only 6 characters allowed in Autocoder), and CARBS.  The
comments were about average for that body of software though - almost
non-existent.

Brad Yearwood
Optilink Corp.   {pyramid, tekbspa, pixar}!optilink!brad
Petaluma, CA