Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:31:01 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: "Mike Hogsett" <hogsett@csl.sri.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Easter Eggs Message-ID: <01c201c28c03$9ac9eb70$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <200211111650.gABGo4LL042488@beast.csl.sri.com> <039901c289a9$3ff53cb0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <20021114150108.GA616@gothmog.gr>
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From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Easter Eggs > On 2002-11-11 11:39, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > > From: "Mike Hogsett" <hogsett@csl.sri.com> > > > > > void die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog(); > > > > > > I believe this function can be traced back quite a few years to the > > > original Berkeley releases. > > > > I'll bet....Steve Martin's first comedy album was when, > > 1977? > > This is a very old joke. In fact, it was still there when 4.4BSD-Lite > sources were imported: > > $ cd /usr/src/sbin/shutdown > $ cvs -q up -p -r bsd_44_lite shutdown.c | grep gravy > void die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog __P((void)); > die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog(); > die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog() > > :) My point exactly. Given that the source of the joke is/was American comedian Steve Martin, (which may/may not be true) the joke would date to the period 1977-1979, which was prior even to 4.2BSD !! KDK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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