Hi,
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Robert Duke wrote:
> Well, I couldn't resist, though you all probably already know both of the
> relationships below -
> - Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Brozell" <sbrozell.scripps.edu>
> To: <amber-developers.scripps.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:07 PM
> Subject: RE: amber-developers: Problems compiling Amber 10
>
>
> > We interrupt your programming for this important message.
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, The Riddler wrote:
> >
> >> > ./configure -nosanderidc ...
> >>
> >> But "idc" is the namelist variable so it is this it is refering to.
> >
> > Golly gee Batman, what does it all mean ?
> > Well Robin, the Riddler is using an obscure foreign language call fortran.
> > FORmula TRANslation, Batman !
> > Right you are, Robin. Let's put this "idc" under the Bat-scope, and
> > see how deeply we can penetrate into the Riddler's twisted mind:
> >
> > idc ==> idivcon ==> qmdivcon ==> quantum_mechanics_via_divide_and_conquer
> >
> > Wow, Batman, I see you have upgraded the Bat-scope to use four monitors !
> > Yes, Robin, for deeper and longer penetration; I got the idea while
> > looking at Alfred's two buggy eyes magnified by his thick spectacles.
> > Gosh, Batman, what should we do now ?
> > Robin, when I read "dc" I think of that ausie band ac/dc,
> > and h comes before i, so lets send the Riddler this message:
> >
> IBM --> HAL (as in HAL 9000, Arthur Clarke)
a classic.
> VMS --> WNT (Windows NT - a number of key guys on the NT team were from DEC;
> of course you guys probably all think that the VAXen were meant to run
> Berkeley Unix)
new vms->wnt as a rip off of above, but didnt know the real dec connection.
> You are aware that in going from i to h, you screwed up the implicit typing
> though, right? It took me a couple of years to get used to the fact that I
> should not try to assign any other meaning to the first letter in a variable
> name in sander starting with i or l ;-)
Obviously, and this implicit typing especially in combination with
token name length limits is still in the 21st century
a source of horrible programming.
Also obvious, i hope, is that hac should be read as hack, and I am using
hack in a negative connotation.
But there is a subtle point - hac is a word and idc is not.
I believe that token names should be words.
Admittedly, hac is not an english word (hac is this in latin).
Scott
Robin: "You can't get away from Batman that easy!"
Batman: "Easily."
Robin: "Easily."
Batman: "Good grammar is essential, Robin."
Robin: "Thank you."
Batman: "You're welcome."
> > hac
> >
> > Holy atomic pile, Batman, you're such a Joker !
> > Human programs are made by human hands, Robin. None of them is
> > infallible. It is a lesson that must be faced.
> > Gosh yes, you're right, Batman.
> >
> > We now return you to your regular programming, already in progress.
> >
Received on Sun Mar 18 2007 - 06:07:33 PDT
