Re: Nine o'clock News

[zzzz <nospam [at] zapata.freeserve.co.uk>]

Richard wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Well, on the 9 o'clock news they are explaining a few things about the
> stock exchange software problem.  They don't mention which operating
> system it is that crashed.  But, all of the shots of the offices have
> MS Windows screens on them.
> 
> Wonder which OS it is ?

Mh.. closed source..
Would the following piece of (pseudo-)code be in the software?:

.
if (pricedrop(MSFT) > 50%) {
	die("BlueScreen");
}
.

;-)

Jules
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