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   Jim Jackson to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: People Are Googling Fake Sayings To    
   29 Apr 25 13:10:31   
   
   From: jj@franjam.org.uk   
      
   On 2025-04-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:42:26 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:   
   >   
   >> Mind you, way back in the day I saw degree student's software that   
   >> surely looked like the students were hullucinating when they wrote it   
   >> :-)   
   >   
   > I wonder how that can be, assuming the code actually works.   
      
   Who said anything about working?   
      
   > I knew someone, back in undergrad days, who was a good programmer (a few   
   > years senior to me), but a lousy speller. I remember seeing one of his   
   > programs reporting that the user had typed an ???illegial charector??? ...   
      
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