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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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"WAKE <person>" always refers to "He", even when used on women #49

Closed eriktorbjorn closed 4 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago 
>WAKE MICHAEL
He's wide awake, or haven't you noticed?

>WAKE ALICIA
He's wide awake, or haven't you noticed?

That's because V-ALARM doesn't check the gender of PRSO the way, for instance, V-SMELL does. (There's even a HE/SHE-PRINT routine, but it's no use here because it prints only lower case letters.)

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago

Oops, this was meant for Suspect, not Hitchhiker's Guide.