On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:12:51 -0800, Jim Stewart
wrote:
Jim McGill wrote:
First version of that list I saw was back in the '60's for an IBM 7094
(any other geezers remember that beast - filled the room with less power
than a modern hand held calculator). It had a couple classics that you
missed:
BAH - Branch And Hang
XPI - eXecute Programmer Immediately
Mac
That's the one I remember. And my favorite was:
HCF - Halt and Catch Fire
You got it wrong. It's
HMC -- Halt, Melt and Catch Fire
--RC
"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.
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