[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Buying for New Years Eve

Ken Pogran pogran at alum.mit.edu
Sat Dec 30 11:24:56 PST 2023


While we might excuse the result of executing an improperly-specified 
and consequently ambiguous procedure, the gentleman actually failed to 
meet the project's detailed design spec: She specifically asked for a 
carton of milk, whereas he returned with milk in bottles.

But the whole routine should have failed to compile and run in the first 
place due to typos in the source code: "avacados" and "avacodos" vs. the 
avocados that were to have been sought at the shop.

Ken Pogran

Carl Lazarus via LCTG wrote on 12/30/23 1:47 PM:
> This is what computers do when your instructions aren’t precise 
> enough.  Also, probably what robots will do when we give them tasks.
>
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 6:04 AM John P. Rudy via LCTG 
> <lctg at lists.toku.us <mailto:lctg at lists.toku.us>> wrote:
>
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