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 26828 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2020 13:00:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Aug 2020 13:00:11 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C16659CA5B; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:00:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B959B69B; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:59:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7F56293D64; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:59:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEF7893D61 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:59:22 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 07NCxGS5018997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 23 Aug 2020 06:59:17 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 07NCxFxI018996; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 06:59:15 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202008231259.07NCxFxI018996@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 06:59:15 -0600 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, doug@cs.dartmouth.edu References: <202008220329.07M3ToZP041995@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> In-Reply-To: <202008220329.07M3ToZP041995@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> 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: Re: [TUHS] bare m4 (was BTL summmer 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" Doug McIlroy wrote: > > > >> 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. > > > > > Can you give some examples of what this looked like? > > > > See attached for an answer to Arnold's question > > Doug Thanks!!! I will definitely review this. Do you object to my putting it on GitHub to preserve for Posterity? Thanks again, Arnold