From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200910061750.ab51396@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <20091005192428.GA24445@nipl.net> <200910052204.aa92451@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> <13426df10910051922h6d40c1b2u5a8481db9a2a9b64@mail.gmail.com> <4ACB026E.4070409@maht0x0r.net> <200910061750.ab51396@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:15:12 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jason Catena To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] mishandling empty lists - let's fix it Topicbox-Message-UUID: 813794ca-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence. On the first day all were silent. Their meditation had begun auspiciously, but when night came and the oil lamps were growing dim one of the pupils could not help exclaiming to a servant: "Fix those lamps." The second pupil was surprised to hear the first one talk. "We are not supposed to say a word," he remarked. "You two are stupid. Why did you talk?" asked the third. "I am the only one who has not talked," concluded the fourth pupil.