today i found an instruction set document which helpfully explained that the foo instruction performs the foo() operation
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this, by the way, is a classic example of the programming style known as "monty python comments"
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my favorite/archetype of this is Ijon Tichy's hunt for the "Sepulke" in the Star Diaries, I have no idea how it's translated
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in the dictionary, all of its definitions are circular, and when he asks the locals, reactions range from confusion to shock
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that's just one of many journeys, the book is great fun, I laughed tears at some parts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_
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ah, the fourteenth voyage it is and it's translated as "scrupts"
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the german one is quite good but it's been a long time since I've read it, it'd probably profit from rereading now