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SubjectRe: Jive -> Kernel (International Linux)
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, William Sowerbutts wrote:

> Replying to my own posts! Umpteenth sign of madness, you know ...
>
> At 00:31 19/01/97 +0000, I wrote:
> >look at this code fragment:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >Anyone care to take up the #define mega-challenge?
>
> me! me!
>
> okay, why not do this:
>
[SNIP]

> #ifdef LANGUAGE_JIVE
> #define HELLO "'Sup, dude?"
> #define BYE "Laters, honcho"
> #define PANIC "De kernel be bugger'd"
> #define BROKEN_DISK "Dis disk be goin' t'boogie"
> #endif
[MORE SNIP]

I think these days it is no longer called "jive"--it is now called
"Ebonics". :-)

W. Reilly Cooley
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