This was inspired by the recent file making its rounds on the Net describing
how to shoot yourself in the foot in a variety of programming languages.
Now, the madness is extended to operating systems:
Unix:
You shoot yourself in the foot.
DOS:
You keep running up against the one-bullet barrier.
MS-Windows:
The gun blows up in your hand.
Windows NT:
The gun is so huge and unwieldy that you have to keep swapping
it from one hand to the other.
OS/2:
The gun and the bullet aren't speaking to each other any more.
Mac Finder:
It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot -- just point and shoot.
AIX:
You can shoot yourself in the foot with either a .38 or a .45.
IRIX:
The Terminator shoots you in the foot. A T-Rex bites your other foot.
SVR4:
The gun isn't compatible with your foot.
Minix:
You learn how to shoot yourself in the foot with a Saturday
Night Special.
Linux:
Generous programmers from around the world all join forces to help
you shoot yourself in the foot for free.
HURD:
You'll be able to shoot yourself in the foot Real Soon Now.
VM/CMS:
IBM shoots you in the foot.
VMS:
\FOOT\ ambiguous: supply more toes.
AMIGA-DOS:
The gun works pretty well, except that few people use one and
it's impossible to find bullets.
Mach:
The bullets work pretty well, but they don't make guns for it any more.
Cray:
You shoot yourself in the foot with an Uzi.
MasPar:
You shoot all of your friends' feet simultaneously.
by Jeremy Elson (jelson@condor.cs.jhu.edu)
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