Armstrong vs. Stroustrup

[Mike Williams]

No, no and again, NO!!!

It is far too embarassing.

Anyway, we would have to remake the film as it has the old "Prolog"
style syntax and we should not confuse people.

/mike




In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0405171554270.27464-100000@REDACTED>,
 joe@REDACTED (Joe Armstrong) writes:
|> 
|>   You're joking - it was great -  the best bit was you standing in the
|> hole - we could release the transcripts :-)
|> 
|> 	(joe)    "Hello Mike" 
|> 	(mike)   "Hello Joe"
|> 	(joe)    "Hello Robert"
|> 	(robert) "Hello Joe"
|> 
|>   (Joe) and  there we uuuurrr uuummm  are errrr -  back in conference,
|> I'll just press this button and see what happens ...
|> 
|> 	(mike)        "Hello Joe"
|> 	(joe)         "Hello Mike"
|> 	(mike)        "Hello Robert"
|> 	(robert)      "Hello Mike" 
|> 	(joe)         "Hello Robert"
|> 	(robert)      "Hello Joe"
|> 	(mike)        "Hello Robert AND Joe"
|> 	(Joe and Robert together, 
|> 	with amazed voices) 	"Hello Mike"
|> 
|>   Camera cuts  to Mike standing in  hole grinning like  a Cheshire cat
|> "We've just seen an err, umm example of errr ummm, our language ...."
|> 
|>   We  actually  wrote  the  script  -  which is  why  we're  still  in
|> programming and not script writing :-)
|> 
|>  /Joe
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> On 17 May 2004, Mike Williams wrote:
|> 
|> > As one of the main "actors" in "Erlang the Movie", I
|> > absolutely and categorically forbid its showing *anywhere*. If there
|> > was a competition for "turkey" short movies, I think we would win
|> > hands down.
|> > 
|> > So, please, please, please, forget we made that retched film in 1990!
|> > 
|> > I do have a copy of it in my safe, but I have forgotten the combination
|> > and put instructions in my will that it should be burnt following my
|> > demise.
|> > 
|> > /mike
|> > 
|> > 
|> > 
|> > 
|> > 
|> > In article <40A51FD9.3020206@REDACTED>,
|> >  goran.bage@REDACTED (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_B=E5ge?=) writes:
|> > |> Luke Gorrie wrote:
|> > |> > Eric Newhuis <enewhuis@REDACTED> writes:
|> > |> > 
|> > |> > 
|> > |> >>Joe, when are you going to produce "The Design of Erlang" video?
|> > |> > 
|> > |> > 
|> > |> > Rumour has it that there lurks in the Ericsson archives a video known
|> > |> > as "Erlang: The Movie". Sounds like something worth digitising :-)
|> > |> > 
|> > |> 
|> > |> It's a classic,  "Hello Mike, Hello Joe ..."
|> > |> 
|> > |> -- 
|> > |> -- Goran
|> > |> -------------------- May the Snow be with you -------
|> > |>   Goran Bage
|> > |>   Byvagen 10,      SE-133 34 Saltsjobaden,      Sweden
|> > |>   email:goran.bage@REDACTED,       phone: +46 8 7172907
|> > |> 
|> > 
|>