From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com (arnold@skeeve.com) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:57:39 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] Questions regarding early Unix contributors In-Reply-To: <4186b45fab3f28605b55591d7d97fd2f.squirrel@webmail.yaccman.com> References: <560414A8.2080002@mhorton.net> <4186b45fab3f28605b55591d7d97fd2f.squirrel@webmail.yaccman.com> Message-ID: <201509290657.t8T6vdJN016978@freefriends.org> Hi. This is the first I've heard that there was a book on PCC. I think many of us would like to see it. Do you have a copy that can be scanned? Or does anyone have the source? Thanks, Arnold scj at yaccman.com wrote: > Lions' books on Unix and PCC were brilliant, although they had limited > circulation. I confess that the PCC book was sometimes difficult reading, > as code that I cobbled together at 2AM was laid bare to the world. I > remember a particularly tangled mess of 10 or so lines that John displayed > with the comment "advocates of structured programming might have preferred > to see:" followed by 3 short, elegant lines of code... > > > > > On Sat, 26 Sep 2015, Armando Stettner wrote: > > > >> I also seem to recall him finish up the paper.  I was lucky in my > >> office > >> mates: I had John Lions and tjk.  Some place, I have a few pics of > >> USGâ␦␦s > >> computer room.  I only recall RP04s however.  :(    aps. > > > > Dr. John Lions? He was one of my Comp.Sci lecturers, and a brilliant > > bloke. > > > > It was a sad day when we lost him. > > > > I remember a USENET posting from long ago (yeah, I know), when someone > > swore that it was Lyons. Someone then replied along the lines of "Well, > > I've just walked past his office door; it's Lions, as in the big cat." > > > > Of course, my memory could be a little flakey by now. > > > > -- > > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will > > suffer." > > Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! > > _______________________________________________ > > TUHS mailing list > > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs