From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <83fedf4b0a06183486758a174ef6e284@terzarima.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] too good to pass up From: Charles Forsyth Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:57:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-ztlwhpaizlcgnaavdfrptukuge" Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4afd26f8-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-ztlwhpaizlcgnaavdfrptukuge Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i think both those mechanisms were much less shocking in `Unix: the early years', and i found them quite interesting, even though i had no intention of emulating them. (mind you, i subscribed to the algol68 bulletin.) --upas-ztlwhpaizlcgnaavdfrptukuge Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by lavoro; Fri Apr 28 14:04:44 BST 2006 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 29E1E1AD58 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 4ECF51AE3A for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (psuvax1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13695-01-24 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from meatwad.cse.psu.edu (meatwad.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.9]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id F3A991AE4C for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dexter-peak.quanstro.net (dialup-4.252.202.27.Dial1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.252.202.27]) by meatwad.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server (Backup MX)) with ESMTP id 1C71114B9 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: erik quanstrom Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:01:58 -0500 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] too good to pass up MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: 9fans-bounces+forsyth=terzarima.net@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-bounces+forsyth=terzarima.net@cse.psu.edu not even his allocator? - erik On Fri Apr 28 08:02:29 CDT 2006, brantley@coraid.com wrote: > > Not that I'm defending writing C as > > though it were Algol 68... > > I kind of liked it after the initial shock. > Even inspired the Obfuscated C Contest. > I don't think SRB's code was obfuscated, though. > > --upas-ztlwhpaizlcgnaavdfrptukuge--