Re: Off-Topic (Re: This spoofing and security thread)

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 17:23:12 EST


Barry Caplan wrote:

> This was discussed in a book I recently read, called Code (don't recall
> the author right now). Apparently the Danish (I think) translation has
> an error, but only one. I guess the proof reader was not familiar with
> "grep" :)

Well, the German translation also has one "e" in it --
"Gib uns das t?gliche Brot", and Perec apparently (the facts are
not quite certain) told someone that there *was* a single "e"
in the original -- he did not disclose its whereabouts.

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John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_



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