[TUHS] made up errno contest, at an early USENIX
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Sun Sep 28 20:01:11 AEST 2014
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> > EMISTERED:
> > A host is a host from coast to coast,
> > and no-one can talk to host that's close,
> > unless the host that isn't close
> > is busy, hung, or dead.
>
> Boy, that's a blast from the past! I saw it (I think) reprinted in
> AUUGN from Usenix's ";login:" journal, if that's any help.
Oh, and my favourite *genuine* errno is still ENAMETOOLONG.
And the ultimate cop-out: EIO[0] (it could mean anything, like "Syntax
error" from a compiler).
[0]
Ah yes, the System/360 Extended Instruction[1] ("EI") console command.
[1]
Not to be confused with Execute Programmer Immediate, etc.
-- Dave
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