strangest systems I've sent email from

ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Mon Apr 25 17:08:21 CDT 2016


On 4/25/2016 3:46 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote:

> Although there are plenty who disagree with me, I argue that the
> purpose of the university experience isn't the skills; it's the understanding.
> I always say I want to hire the preson who I can tell on Friday that
> we'll be using Intercal for the project and they'll spend the weekend
> teaching themselves the language and come in Monday morning
> ready to code in Intercal.  I (as well as entrepreneurs I know) have
> very little interest in how much experience and skill a candidate
> has in a particular language.  The reality is no matter what their
> experience is coming in, I'm going to have to teach them how to
> do things the way I want them done.

I am still working on the ERROR messages here like:

E111

         COMMUNIST PLOT DETECTED, COMPILER IS SUICIDING

I better stick to INTERCAL-72.
Ben.




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