Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 06:27:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to unixl0rd <=-

 Ni> As a junior in college, I took a class about Java server-side
 Ni> programming with Java servlets & such.  I remember the teacher
 Ni> mentioning a couple of Java functions, activate() and passivate(), and
 Ni> one of the students said "passivate? To make passive..?" :P

   Sounds like classic hacker grammar humor - like optimal/pessimal.

   Or marketing speak, like "A backhoe attenuation caused our network to
   experience sub-optimal routing..."



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