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On 3/22/12, Ray Mullins <[email protected]> wrote: > Less of an outcry, but I would have pointed out that you can't talk about > age. > > On 2012-03-22 11:40, Thomas Berg wrote: >>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >>> Från: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- >>> [email protected]] För Steve Comstock >>> Skickat: den 22 mars 2012 15:06 >>> Till: [email protected] >>> Ämne: Re: Assembler programmers wanted - Clarification >>> >>> On 3/22/2012 7:54 AM, Ray Mullins wrote: >>>> I didn't think it was on behalf of Colesoft, so from my perspective >>> you were >>>> already in the clear. >>>> >>>> I agree with Elardus -- Bob's heart was in the right place, but it >>> didn't come >>>> out right. >>> >>> Yup. I imagine he thought he was doing the community a favor by >>> announcing a job possibility and I'm sure he was caught totally >>> by surprise by the response. I'd cut him slack: I think many of >>> us learned a lesson or two here. >> >> Wonder what a response he had if he wrote "old, experienced assembler >> programmers are preferred" ? >> :) >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Thomas Berg >> ______________________________________________________ >> Thomas Berg Specialist AM/DQS SWEDBANK AB (publ) >> > > > -- > M. Ray Mullins > Roseville, CA, USA > http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ > > German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far > calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi > French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. > --Robert B Wilson > English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe > Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
