From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id e4ae8a4d for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 17:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 878D5A225F; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 03:49:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFDE9A1F04; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 03:49:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B5A4CA1F04; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 03:49:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lf1-f53.google.com (mail-lf1-f53.google.com [209.85.167.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25CA9A1F01 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 03:49:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lf1-f53.google.com with SMTP id z13so15367574lfe.11 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:49:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=P98fos32gmPwypXYV33Stt4MVWKRDlXRjBDn4TneG4s=; b=LNs+64DWv42pgQYs1LjnS8XnSB6OV3g1wTeP2z1IgYSRa95oAfrhRFjgYo9XZe/N1U qs2t/uXrT+tQ8WE39lINXZ1fezvBQXc8X4ATCkCv7du9V1GNo37Bm830IPvwligsLK0t 3+mo1jkz3p2UiVuVfEddKVAYBywY+4z8bLjGRR5cLvEeD/9LO4Dps0IZT5DQnINlzU8Q SGxbsBloeAV6W6ooSlkBK1YziLZrenm8nof49Lo9GZTOuJ65wwUa3ARYcaWfxpOjLvtq R77HDETbSC2tRqrX3gYlJGfNkaPpv9LIVUfnL6CsrzEpUHEQlvm6HTXS7+fG/VKpkKVg nNDw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=P98fos32gmPwypXYV33Stt4MVWKRDlXRjBDn4TneG4s=; b=IM6R0KvgAQj9iqky7GccwyaPwv1xGP437GTTIiKZ/8gtmNY5KQj6/uwssmQK5NyumU 8EamnQJInlJwYgXJcBDdtTJvVNi7ypuvcDEPR9dUyicx1ygPqHbU3FjPqvFufaI8Ys/y mPWXg3eMDKes6OtS8rJjMAu69eh90shpNtwiM5yv1gIVY0G4PiH8qe8GwLpJfe15iZba 2FKKkrQdpr/V5Wy+LpCx0yzPFxGwjcdKunQ/OSIjkEDhUb24o+Isiqabzic8XjokIGoH n0KBEfiFjATyoZ4ch5CYNrh7+xzXNwCtTt/mHFWVTvHWcqmgutYyEd+RTkbtoo8pONAL y8lQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWa8asUN9nVXeMWrqvU1WHIVtdG3ywxUEZCnjy3DjiGmsjlw2PNL qwFnYvoZXtzsmtnMSEmAB2bQFjHp7xGHLN3ezU40Jg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/VNHtW5qbFLBUYuQAVhjnTPCgHul3W7H9kT5v6a5d7Pzfb3rmbRccbPvL/XpRBNcHReQ4KvrIdr/pl53QHt8t4= X-Received: by 2002:a19:5f1e:: with SMTP id t30mr14318177lfb.76.1544032146498; Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:49:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a2e:3a11:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 09:49:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20181204144306.A830E18C0A0@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <2DBF1622-0489-4F39-88A5-BCE130732041@tkr.bondplaza.com> From: Paul Winalski Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 12:49:05 -0500 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, John Backus! 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 12/4/18, Paul Winalski wrote: > > GEM was originally > completely written in BLISS, but in the mid-1980s I started rewriting > the modules under my control in the common subset of C/C++ to take > advantage of strong typing (BLISS has no data typing whatsoever). Typo. I meant to say "mid-1990s". -Paul W.