The Codeless Code: Case 19 By Any Other Name
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The old scribe was asked why, in his official accounts, the
temples and the clans were named but the many monks and
priests were not.
“If I gave you a sheet of figures to tally, would you first
bestow a name upon each number seven?” asked the scribe,
dismissing the questioner with a wave of an ink-stained
hand.
This was mentioned to the Java master, who nodded and
finished his tea.
The next morning the scribe ascended to his office, only to
find the following written in thick block letters above the
door:
