13 Jun
2023
13 Jun
'23
9:07 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
At 2023-06-13T09:57:08+1000, Greg 'groggy'
Lehey wrote:
I interpreted it as a coinage based on the old _Kung Fu_ television
series (where David Carradine's youthful and callow character was called
"grasshopper" by his sensei), hybridized with a suggestion that, to
speak ill of Fortran, I must be stoned out of my gourd. ;-)
Ah, the intended audience did catch the reference -- well done.
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On Monday, 12 June 2023 at 18:39:32 -0400, Clem
Cole wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 5:39 PM G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's an ill wind that blows a Fortran runtime using the same
convention.
Be careful there, weedhopper ...
Now there's a word I have never heard before. Neither have my
dictionaries, and Google gets sidetracked. What's the meaning and the
background?