22 Jun
2005
22 Jun
'05
11:49 a.m.
I wouldn't expect that New Yorker readers know
what Fortran is. Surprised
they didn't just make it Windows.
Thus we get to the unexpected humorous part of the joke, known as the
"punchline".
For more information, you may want to look at O'Reilly Press "Humour in a
Nutshell", or enrol in a mail-order course.
Gordon
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Subject: Classiccmp cartoon sighting
As if this list wasn't crowded enough already.
cartoon: "How to Avoid Spring Fever", by Roz Chast
magazine: The New Yorker, 23-May-2005
panel caption:
'Read a long, boring book - preferably one
that makes no sence to you at all.'
book title:
"Teach Yourself Fortran"
Pretty long reach by Chast here --
but a check actually shows a surprisingly long sales life for Fortran
books
written in the last 15 years.
John A.
I know spring ended yesterday, but just spotted this