Here's one that still causes me mild amazement: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 is Dec 25.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard and misapplied words, with little or no meaning, have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance, and hindrance of true knowledge. -John Locke, _An Essay Concerning Human Understanding_ (1690) */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2023 01:52 Real programmers do it in octal. Silly wabbit, trits are for kids. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
