From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole)
Subject: [TUHS] Unix stories, Stephen Bourne and IF-FI in C code
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:03:27 -0500 [thread overview]
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:45 AM, <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
> I remember the Bournegol well; I did some hacking on the BSD shell.
>
Yep - lots of strange things in source debuggers.
>
> In general, it wasn't too unusual for people from Pascal backgrounds to
> do similar things,
>
When we did Magnolia & Tektronix the ex-Xerox/Alta guys lusted for
Cedar/Mesa et al - and quickly discovered the Bournegol idea.
I shook my head/shrugged my shoulders, but it made them happy and they
quickly wrote some pretty cool tools, like an ECAD system.
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2017-01-09 2:30 Norman Wilson
2017-01-09 3:31 ` Steve Johnson
2017-01-09 15:30 ` Marc Rochkind
2017-01-09 15:45 ` arnold
2017-01-09 15:59 ` ron minnich
2017-01-09 16:03 ` Clem Cole [this message]
2017-01-10 18:44 ` Lawrence Stewart
2017-01-09 18:48 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-01-09 20:35 ` Steve Johnson
2017-01-10 12:24 ` Tony Finch
2017-01-11 6:00 ` Brantley Coile
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2017-01-10 13:50 Noel Chiappa
2017-01-10 4:40 Rudi Blom
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2017-01-10 3:11 ` Paul McJones
2017-01-09 1:06 Doug McIlroy
2017-01-09 2:18 ` Random832
2017-01-08 20:37 Walter F.J. Mueller
2017-01-08 21:12 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-08 21:26 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-01-08 21:54 ` Kay Parker
2017-01-08 23:14 ` Adam Sampson
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