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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2007 14:52:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tom Wilson <sasctw@unx.sas.com>
To:        roberthuff@rcn.com (Robert Huff)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9!
Message-ID:  <200705311852.OAA06017@login024.unx.sas.com>
In-Reply-To: <18014.64369.177452.889446@jerusalem.litteratus.org> from "Robert Huff" at May 31, 2007 12:44:33 PM

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> 
> >  > >  It has to be the worst written error message in history.
> >  > 
> >  > 	Not even close.  I commend to you the Amiga's BSOD:
> >  > 
> >  > 					  Software Guru
> >  > 					Meditation Number
> >  > 			   <very long string of hex digits>
> >  
> >  That's not entirely fair. IIRC that was originally intended only
> >  for developer use, but after CBM got their hands on the Amiga,
> >  they cut corners and it just got left in
> 
> 	Some of the old I.B.M. abend messages were also ... intersting.

I always liked one of the messages from an old version of the VMS (4 or 5?)
C compiler(may not be exactly it, but this was included): 

Bad Code

-Tom Wilson
> 
> 
> 					Robert Huff
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