Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site vu44.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!vu44!tstorm From: tstorm@vu44.UUCP (Theo van der Storm) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Re: Joke schema? Message-ID: <588@vu44.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 11:42:13 EST Article-I.D.: vu44.588 Posted: Sun Feb 3 11:42:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 03:42:25 EST References: <219@cmu-cs-g.ARPA> <86@mot.UUCP> <2647@sdcc3.UUCP> <1708@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <206@wuphys.UUCP> Reply-To: tstorm@vu44.UUCP (Theo van der Storm) Distribution: net Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 12 Keywords: front-end polynomial time KGB CIA BVD NSA VU Summary: X do it with Y Complexity theorists do it in polynomial time. Telephone operators do it on reverse charges. Cardiologists do it on a heart monitor. Compiler writers do it with an intelligent front-end (!) Astronauts do it in an elliptical orbit. -- Theo van der Storm, 52 20'N / 4 52'E, {seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!tstorm