28 Sep
2014
28 Sep
'14
3:09 a.m.
Mike O’Brien (aka Mr. Protocol)
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Aharon Robbins <arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
Hi All.
This is really gonna stretch the memories. (I may have even asked about
it on this list before.)
At one of the earlier USENIX conferences that I attended, maybe in
Atlanta, there was a contest to make up humorous new errno values.
The one that won, which I remember to this day was:
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.
I have quoted this is the gawk doc for many years.
I'm wondering if there is a way to find out who was the author
of this gem? I'd like to give him/her credit.
Thanks,
Arnold
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