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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
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Posted: Sun Feb  3 11:42:13 1985
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Reply-To: tstorm@vu44.UUCP (Theo van der Storm)
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Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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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.
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Theo van der Storm, 52 20'N / 4 52'E, {seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!tstorm