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    05-Apr-86 23:53:21
Sb: #13848-GNUEMACS
Fm: steve poling 70177,1434
To: GARY SARFF 70167,2216

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did you ever see the results of the obscure C code contest? the winner wrote a program that went: main () { xxxxx,xxxx,xxxxx,…} where instead of xxxxx they were octal numbers. it wasn't very portable, but it did run on the pdp 11. never had the nerve to port it to the VAX. sdp