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IP: Wonderful Japanese e-mail
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 09:54:21 -0400
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 09:33:38 -0400 From: Bill Press <wpress () cfa harvard edu> To: farber () central cis upenn edu Dave, thought this deserves consideration as an IP item. The message is not from me, but from someone personally known to me. I have removed identifying information because of his supplier-customer relationship. Cheers, Bill Press ******************************************* Subject: Wonderful Japanese e-mail This may not make sense to those among you who are non-programmers, but I thought it was so priceless as a distillation of Japanese corporate culture that I couldn't resist. The following is an excerpt from an "e-mail footer" I received on an e-mail from one of our Japanese customers: . . . // while(alive) // { // myself += try(best) // } . . . Note: This "loop" will execute until "while(alive)" is no longer true.
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