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Systemd 197 releasedSystemd 197 releasedPosted Jan 9, 2013 23:53 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Systemd 197 released by mathstuf Parent article: Systemd 197 released
Yeah, and they also were not careful - one vowel accidentally got in. Standards are slipping these days...
I always wondered how EIEIO did happen.
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Systemd 197 released Posted Jan 10, 2013 11:20 UTC (Thu) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]
IBM motto: "We found five vowels hiding in a corner, and we used
them _all_ for the 'eieio' instruction so that we wouldn't have to use them anywhere else" -- Linus Torvalds
Systemd 197 released Posted Jan 11, 2013 20:30 UTC (Fri) by pcarrier (subscriber, #65446) [Link]
I always assumed it was a pun on the “Old MacDonald had a farm” lyrics.
Systemd 197 released Posted Jan 11, 2013 20:49 UTC (Fri) by s_hoop (subscriber, #49503) [Link]
I have heard this before too. Seems likely to me based on this anecdata ;-)
Systemd 197 released Posted Jan 12, 2013 10:19 UTC (Sat) by zwenna (subscriber, #64777) [Link] Indeed, the error message corresponding to EIEIO is Computer bought the farm.
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