Simon Wright <[email protected]> writes:

> On 2 Jun 2015, at 23:42, Stephen Leake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Simon Wright <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>>      if A = 42 or B = 42 then
>>>        raise Constraint_Error;
>> 
>> :) an anti-ultimate-answer? That makes _2_ scifi references
>> in an Ada newsgroup in one day :).
>
> Actually to the Hacker’s Dictionary, in
> http://www.outpost9.com/reference/jargon/jargon_33.html :-)

Well, yes. But that doesn't quote the origin, which is Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy,
search for '42'.

I hope you know that, but one can never be sure.

-- 
-- Stephe

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