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- From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
- Subject: Re: SCRIPT: Roman numeral conversion
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.064752.21983@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Sep5.101811.10124@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 06:47:52 GMT
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- From article by rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns):
- > sherman@unx.sas.com (Chris Sherman) writes:
- > |> adam@owlnet.rice.edu (Adam Justin Thornton) writes:
- > |>
- > |> >Of course, INTERCAL deals with Roman numbers in native mode.
- > |>
- > |> Why?
- >
- > Whyever not? [just to pursue the silly follow-up style]
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- The _real_ reason, of course, is... Because it's _INTERCAL_ !! :-}
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