XPost: comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   > On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >   
   >> There is a story where he wrote a Fortran compiler, which failed   
   >> tests and was therefore not accepted, and he refused to fix the   
   >> bugs.   
   >   
   > Who was dumb enough to buy that?   
      
   They didn't, it was not accepted.   
      
   Unfortunately, the story itself seems to have vanished from the   
   Internet, or at least I cannot find it with Google any more.   
      
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