[Jprogramming] more fork examples

[Devon McCormick]

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.canada at gmail.com>wrote:

> The put down was for not so much that our system was not capable of
> sensitivity analysis, or perhaps that we did not even know what sensitivity
> analysis was, but that we were unwilling to admit it.
>
> -----------
>
> The braggart claims to have Superman's powers.
>
> "Can you crush things like Superman?"
>
> The braggart took a walnut in each hand, absolutely crushed them to a pulp,
> and said, "Yes, I can."
>
> "Can you see far away like Superman?"
>
> The braggart flipped down a pair of binocular glasses he was wearing and
> read out the words on the sign at the end of the block, and said, "Yes I
> can."
>
> "Can you fly like Superman?"
>
> The braggart walked up to the roof of a 3-floor building, and jumped off
> with a flying leap!  Splat!  With great struggle and lots of moaning, he
> raised himself up on his elbows, and said, "Yessssh, yesh, ... yesh I can."
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Dan Bron <j at bron.us> wrote:
>
> > I don't get the put-down (or joke). Can you explain it to me?
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ---------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] more fork examples
> >    From: Roger Hui <rogerhui.canada at gmail.com>
> >    Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:14:12 -0800
> >      To: Programming forum <programming at jsoftware.com>
> >
> > Thanks for the compliment but what I really need are for y'all to send me
> > quotes/anecdotes not yet in the list.  For example:
> >
> > Once, in the early 1980s, Ken Iverson visited us in Calgary.  Fred
> > Appleyard and I proudly showed off our system implemented in direct
> > definition.  Ken asked a question which is essentially, "Can you do
> > sensitivity analysis?"  We start mumbling something.  Ken says, "Can you
> > touch your shoulder?", and proceeded to reach behind his neck to touch
> the
> > opposite shoulder.  I have yet to recover from this put-down :-).
> >
> > BTW, among the APL crowd, accusing somebody of "mumbling something" is
> done
> > by putting your hand in front of your mouth and muttering, "but ah eh
> blah
> > blah ...".
> >
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