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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13382 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2021 19:23:00 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Nov 2021 19:23:00 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DDBE99C8AD; Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:22:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CED9C841; Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:21:08 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=threedee.com header.i=@threedee.com header.b="aMq08JvF"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C0E3A9C841; Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:21:05 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1971 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:21:01 AEST Received: from uniform.gendns.com (uniform.gendns.com [198.105.219.4]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4E089C83D for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:21:01 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=threedee.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To :Subject:From:To:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Message-ID:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=DAhQ/v0nSPPWCQ1oJiDQEBAsSE8QNlVhWXSiErCBnsA=; b=aMq08JvFLPytPq2DTqLFA1EQN6 K5+Bjoaoge0NE8ca0jw0U9ILZCdZ4lB37l8Z8d/gEav2xTERNqK5HNrjIpOcH1zYxysUM9zBGqMat B5Fi9exA6UfpNxC5BC6t+jni3Z06MtYajeImWEhcpcH4pYCRuV40iaI/xm6/zYrGrcYfw56xcidBS 8gXOKovcW7ZRsKvGQZlvFzACos+g+BnUiFrYWZHg82jxd9N6rD6tXTB95/jcWDeT3RAq5VyYiwier ThpcSmgAxF9X4un211p4xsi11t+0d31LFZ0Eo8tKsGK7R+9cHCm4eSxnOyMkcdF+9z3dQlXVj1+Bs llgniweg==; Received: from 137-027-093-206.biz.spectrum.com ([137.27.93.206]:53164 helo=ALBA.threedee.com) by uniform.gendns.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mn3Ur-006NLU-BB for tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:48:08 -0500 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:47:53 -0600 To: In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - uniform.gendns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - minnie.tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - threedee.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: uniform.gendns.com: authenticated_id: jfoust@threedee.com X-Authenticated-Sender: uniform.gendns.com: jfoust@threedee.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Message-Id: <20211116192105.C0E3A9C841@minnie.tuhs.org> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Book Recommendation 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: , From: John Foust via TUHS Reply-To: John Foust Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" At 11:00 AM 11/16/2021, Douglas McIlroy wrote: >>> The former notation C(B(A)) became A->B->C. This was PL/I's gift to C. > >> You seem to have a gift for notation. That's rare. Curious what you think of APL? > >I take credit as a go-between, not as an inventor. Ken Knowlton >introduced the notation ABC in BEFLIX, a pixel-based animation >language. In BEFLIX, 'ABC' meant what, exactly? Offsets from pixel locations? - John