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From: Ada <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 01:00:55 +1100 (EST)
A Computer Poem
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A poll conducted recently among readers of INFOCUS magazine
established "waka" as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket
characters <>, though some readers held out resolutely for "norkies."
The following poem appeared in INFOCUS. The original authors were Fred
Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary of Grand
Rapids,MI.
The text of the poem follows:
<>!*''#
^"`$$-
!*=@$_
%*<>~#4
&[]../
|{,,SYSTEM HALTED
The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, as follows:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Pipe curly-bracket, comma comma CRASH.
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"To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable.
The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy."
-- Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
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