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<HR><H2>Re: [COLD] Genesis 1.0p16 released</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tue Nov  5 12:31:32 1996
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:13:52 -0700 (MST)
From: Brandon Gillespie &lt;brandon@glacier.cold.org&gt;
To: coldstuff@cold.org

Jay wrote:
&gt; Brandon wrote:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;   * ("string" * INTEGER) returns string repeated INTEGER times (Miro)
&gt;&gt;
&gt;
&gt; eval "bye! thanks for visiting virtual memory!" * 2147483647
&gt; 

And how is that any different from:

   eval var str; str = "bye!"; while (1) { str += str; refresh(); }

Or any of the other simple ways to be rude?

(ok, the above is only one operation vs a few more, but still)

-Brandon

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