IP: Wonderful Japanese e-mail

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 09:33:38 -0400
From: Bill Press <wpress () cfa harvard edu>
To: farber () central cis upenn edu




Dave, thought this deserves consideration as an IP item.  The message
is not from me, but from someone personally known to me.  I have
removed identifying information because of his supplier-customer
relationship.


Cheers,
Bill Press


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Subject: Wonderful Japanese e-mail


     This may not make sense to those among you who are non-programmers, 
     but I thought it was so priceless as a distillation of Japanese 
     corporate culture that I couldn't resist.
     
     The following is an excerpt from an "e-mail footer" I received on an 
     e-mail from one of our Japanese customers:
     
     .
     .
     .
     // while(alive)
     //     {
     //       myself += try(best)                  
     //     }
     .
     .
     .
     
     Note: This "loop" will execute until "while(alive)" is no longer true.