[Eug-lug] Computer time

[Bob Miller]

Bob Miller wrote:

> I tried to find a copy of gosmacs screen.c which starts with the
> very best comment I've ever seen in a source file, but it seems to
> be lost to antiquity.

Um, the file was display.c.  I got a copy from a fellow refugee from
antiquity.  Here is the comment I like.  How many times have you seen
source code that deserved a warning like this but didn't have one? (-:

/********************************************************\
*							 *
* Ultra-hot screen management package			 *
* 							 *
* 		Copyright (c) 1981,1980 James Gosling	 *
*							 *
* Heavy hacking by Chris Torek <chris at maryland> Feb '84  *
* 							 *
\********************************************************/

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			All ye who enter here:
		    Most of the code in this module
		       is twisted beyond belief!

			   Tread carefully.

		    If you think you understand it,
			      You Don't,
			    So Look Again.

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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http://kbobsoft.com                     kbob at jogger-egg.com