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Fellow compositors
and pressworkers!
I, Chief Printer
Frank Steinman,
having worked fifty-
seven years at my trade,
and served five years
as president
of the Holliston
Printer's Council,
being of sound mind
though near death,
leave this testimonial
concerning the nature
of printers' errors.
First: I hold that all books
and all printed
matter have
errors, obvious or no,
and that these are their
most significant moments,( ... read more... )
The part before the cut reminds me strongly of a compiler success message I once read about: the errors in this program were not detected by the compiler. Oddly, I read this anecdote about 10 years ago, long before becoming a software engineer. It's only recently that I understand in just how many ways a program that appears to be "working" may still be doing unexpected things. Perhaps they, too, are divine.
and pressworkers!
I, Chief Printer
Frank Steinman,
having worked fifty-
seven years at my trade,
and served five years
as president
of the Holliston
Printer's Council,
being of sound mind
though near death,
leave this testimonial
concerning the nature
of printers' errors.
First: I hold that all books
and all printed
matter have
errors, obvious or no,
and that these are their
most significant moments,( ... read more... )
The part before the cut reminds me strongly of a compiler success message I once read about: the errors in this program were not detected by the compiler. Oddly, I read this anecdote about 10 years ago, long before becoming a software engineer. It's only recently that I understand in just how many ways a program that appears to be "working" may still be doing unexpected things. Perhaps they, too, are divine.
