From: Lyle Johnson <lyle.johnson@...>
Date: 2005-04-07T21:54:15+09:00
Subject: Re: fed up with this newsgroup

On Apr 7, 2005 3:16 AM, Peter Reilly <peterreilly@apache.org> wrote:

> James Edward Gray II wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 6, 2005, at 12:27 AM, Hal Fulton wrote:
> >
> >>    flag = true
> >>    begin
> >>      sam.play_it
> >>      x = 0/0 if flag
> >>    rescue
> >>      flag = false
> >>      retry
> >>    end
> >
> >
> > As the (self-proclaimed) resident Casablanca buff, I feel compelled to
> > point out that this is not a true movie quote.  Though wildly popular,
> > it does not occur in the film.
> 
> Yes, it does:

<snip>

I think the distinction is whether Sam it asked to merely "Play it",
or to "Play it again". (People often misquote the line from the movie
as "Play it again, Sam.")

In Hal's original code, Sam's gonna play it twice (i.e. once, and then
"again"). Now, if you were to change the initial value of "flag" to
"false" in Hal's program, Sam will only play it once.

P.S. Sometimes I think I'm becoming a more hip and well-rounded
individual and then I post messages like this that remind me of just
how much of a nerd I really am.