From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] made up errno contest, at an early USENIX
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:01:11 +1000 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1409281954320.43296@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1409280622570.43296@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> > EMISTERED:
> > A host is a host from coast to coast,
> > and no-one can talk to host that's close,
> > unless the host that isn't close
> > is busy, hung, or dead.
>
> Boy, that's a blast from the past! I saw it (I think) reprinted in
> AUUGN from Usenix's ";login:" journal, if that's any help.
Oh, and my favourite *genuine* errno is still ENAMETOOLONG.
And the ultimate cop-out: EIO[0] (it could mean anything, like "Syntax
error" from a compiler).
[0]
Ah yes, the System/360 Extended Instruction[1] ("EI") console command.
[1]
Not to be confused with Execute Programmer Immediate, etc.
-- Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-28 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-27 19:19 Aharon Robbins
2014-09-27 20:25 ` Dave Horsfall
2014-09-27 20:58 ` Warren Toomey
2014-09-27 21:16 ` Dave Horsfall
2014-09-28 10:01 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2014-09-28 15:04 ` Ronald Natalie
2014-09-28 16:22 ` Jaap Akkerhuis
2014-09-27 20:41 ` Jaap Akkerhuis
2014-09-27 21:09 ` Clem Cole
2014-09-28 4:44 ` arnold
2014-09-28 4:54 ` Larry McVoy
2014-09-28 14:06 ` John Cowan
2014-10-02 11:46 ` Warren Toomey
2014-10-02 12:12 ` arnold
2014-10-02 22:19 ` Warren Toomey
2014-10-03 9:24 ` arnold
2014-10-02 14:52 ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2014-10-02 13:00 Norman Wilson
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