From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18078 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2020 08:37:48 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2020 08:37:48 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EFF329CB65; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 23:41:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFDB9C9E3; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 23:40:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 558669C9E3; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 23:40:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.cs.dartmouth.edu (mail.cs.dartmouth.edu [129.170.212.100]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21ED593DFC for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 23:40:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (tahoe.cs.dartmouth.edu [129.170.212.20]) by mail.cs.dartmouth.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 072DemvE3322489 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 09:40:48 -0400 Received: from tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (8.15.2/8.14.3) with ESMTP id 072DemmC086823 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 09:40:48 -0400 Received: (from doug@localhost) by tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 072Demtg086822 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 09:40:48 -0400 From: Doug McIlroy Message-Id: <202008021340.072Demtg086822@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:40:48 -0400 To: tuhs@tuhs.org User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [TUHS] BTL summer employees X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > My unscientific survey of summer students was that they either came > from scouts, or were people working on advanced degrees in college. Not all high-school summer employees were scouts (or scout equivalents - kids who had logins on BTL Unix machines). I think in particular of Steve Johnson and Stu Feldman, who eventually became valued permanent employees. The labs also hired undergrad summer employees. I was one. Even high-school employees could make lasting contributions. I am indebted to Steve for a technique he conceived during his first summer assignment: using macro definitions as if they were units of associative memory. This view of macros stimulated previously undreamed-of uses. Doug