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From: play@cwi.nl (The MC Funhouse Master)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: what is the capital of the Netherlands ?
Message-ID: <864@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: 7 Apr 89 21:37:32 GMT
References: <681@dutrun.UUCP> <8011@boring.cwi.nl>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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In article <8011@boring.cwi.nl> sjoerd@cwi.nl (Sjoerd Mullender) writes:
 > In article <681@dutrun.UUCP> hans@duttnph.UUCP (Hans Buurman) writes:
 > >I just found out that quiz on our Suns (SunOs 4.0) will accept
 > >the Hague as the capital of the Netherlands.
Note that Suns do also accept Amsterdam.
 > 
 > >I'd really like to know if this bug has been around for all those years.
 > 
 > This bug was already present in Version 7 Unix.
 > As far as I know, the bug has been around for ever.

It was worse in Version 6, in that time Amsterdam was *not* accepted.
(The only extensive work on quiz was done on the transition from
Version 6 to Version 7 and the transition to System III.  Especially
the latter corrected many bugs; but not this one.)
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