From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ca2f3ffa for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 92467A1B23; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:03:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D88A1849; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:02:43 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=cheswick.com header.i=@cheswick.com header.b=PtCPAVLi; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F278CA1849; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:02:40 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 572 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:02:39 AEST Received: from mail.coastal.cheswick.com (mail.coastal.cheswick.com [50.247.74.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0330A182F; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:02:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [223.223.223.24] (unknown [96.93.158.221]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.coastal.cheswick.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EFA9D22B12; Fri, 29 Jun 2018 03:53:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 mail.coastal.cheswick.com EFA9D22B12 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=cheswick.com; s=mail; t=1530269586; bh=1t+bKNQH/BNezqr07ggUwvEUGf/k60l6V1bggsJXiPU=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=PtCPAVLib6n0LqnjdPgFqwXBoSds8UrgRXRaRPbi6xVZFLxqF+AoxslLA5o4jjCsk pHpw5Z7nAwjXYH4c/2dscYS5VAFZ1R4mygcMiGbdX1RFusWPTqSmRIFoSGNekzqeBe cNCN6dnu2jjK2/5eIWEss9ek7YdKzlJcBfaxr3Nr4mbwLcEyL1G1IDHJmXKcrYE20X /RvOoqprqdzCVjENNiPvoc1xBCi3/c3A6riUghtozGZQsog9QIdNmwPznFHvdn99PT oVG2xExaRRiFmLUKk/eGnvOq/Gq9mQf0cpk5N/DZe1pskqpUNTkHMXwym9Kp8KD9c0 mjpOrXkwl8doA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) From: "ches@Cheswick.com" X-Mailer: iPad Mail (15F79) In-Reply-To: <20180629075310.GA9477@minnie.tuhs.org> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:53:02 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7A8E301D-D8F7-40DA-9042-ABCA887821EC@cheswick.com> References: <20180629075310.GA9477@minnie.tuhs.org> To: Warren Toomey Subject: Re: [TUHS] Any Good dmr Anecdotes? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Dennis, do you have any recommendations on good books to use the learn C? I don=E2=80=99t know, I never had to learn C. -dmr Message by ches. Tappos by iPad. > On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:53 AM, Warren Toomey wrote: >=20 > We do have ken on the list, so I won't be presumptious to ask for ken-rela= ted > anecdotes, but would anybody like to share some dmr anecdotes? >=20 > I never met Dennis in person, but he was generous with his time about my > interest in Unix history; and also with sharing the material he still had.= >=20 > Dennis was very clever, though. He would bring out a new artifact and say:= > well, here's what I still have of X. Pity it will never execute again, sig= h. >=20 > I'm sure he knew that I would take that as a challenge. Mind you, it worke= d, > which is why we now have the first Unix kernel in C, the 'nsys' kernel, an= d > the first two C compilers, in executable format. >=20 > Any other good anecdotes? >=20 > Cheers, Warren