A Cool Contest
A Cool Contest
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:55:01 -0800
Between moments of dispensing wisdom, it seems that historical
religious leaders had also learned software programming. One day, a
great contest was held to test their skills.
After days and days of fierce competition, only two leaders remained
for the last day's event: Jesus and Mohammed.
The judge described the software application required for the final
test, and gave the signal to start writing code. The two contestants
feverishly typed away on their keyboards. Routines, classes, applets and
applications flew by on their screens at incredible speeds. Windows,
dialogs, and other intricate graphics began forming on their monitors.
The clock showed that the contest would soon be finished.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightening flashed and the power went out. After
a moment it came back on, just in time for the clock to announce that
the last competition was over. The judge asked the two contestants to
reveal their finished software.
Mohammed angrily said that he'd lost it all in the power outage. The
judge turned to the other competitor.
Jesus smiled, clicked his mouse and a dazzling application appeared
on his screen.
The judge was clearly impressed, and after just a few moments
declared Jesus the victor. When asked why the decision was made, the
judge pointed out the unique characteristic that set the winner apart
from all the other leaders:
Jesus saves.
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