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30 Jul 2024 04:19:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The mysteries of Erlang  
From: Darren New
Date: 12 Mar 2011 12:58:00
Message: <4d7bb428@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (Like the time I discovered that "default" is a reserved word in 
> Haskell. I had to look at the language spec to find out what it's 
> actually for, since nobody ever actually uses it.)

I must admit, that's the one reserved word I don't infrequently use for a 
variable by mistake. I got over it after the first five or ten times, tho.

> For telling you which machine a packet is addressed to? You still have 
> to *read* the MAC address to find out if that's you, surely.

Who is "you" in that sentence? Your CPU? No.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."


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