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=-0.7 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 449b5630 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2B235A36A4; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:39:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD7F94704; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:39:27 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="elUDfkGj"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 24E2394912; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:39:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f43.google.com (mail-ot1-f43.google.com [209.85.210.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 851ED9490E for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:39:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f43.google.com with SMTP id 81so4588335otj.2 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:39:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=YDFhwjUrUdmfkKVNT++oq+EJZHiIp16RgzjiBqB5f0c=; b=elUDfkGje34idfMxU2GMon0e29Xstka+mofpWKt4/xbbR3FnBau9qzYB/fIfo0/odU qIHsRBPxv/7uR0JZZGTQbmlXW1UmKB8uGEEgMKMTp5YweUDx7gzTglHkGGwSgraSWkvt 5J2c+ZxoSrWsD0bPc6CFOC0gl97UNGeZznIeAPqMsv2TG9em3Su0z2yVI+NeV/6O6aj9 uu+VeY7CttGtfx37+e0nTdGfvBCeL1qBdsFPcl9Ozbc40/O1H0/ln4QonvamjO+S6vEC jkgb9mJvzZm3Q/VJCl7w/Qw4Yd/8TS5XRSY+yr8RZpxwfof3YrnRwzAJCKZSbhLvcob6 NLLw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=YDFhwjUrUdmfkKVNT++oq+EJZHiIp16RgzjiBqB5f0c=; b=NpQXStpvLuiGFa8kgxDz9DI9W1duEfslt60ILgEzsjaOKlhHipKyjlIJRegWpaQHVX 44ZO4VDW0viOZ14D4g2B07m96J0A0SgVpm9xchXL1fpxJl1wh3Nfzw+/e+2g6TwZ5PBh yTratXfz5S/3/CQIeoK4aeROFWDnvfvPTd0HuB6yBZ4NX/XR/eW+Cj/50vGHfQl7D6zZ AnW8Sfo1AEZpE1T8U7lb6Pvo3lJmAJ5yvh7i6MzQxxJWIsli5C0WOC4m/UuGC4SB1R8U xs75oZL/csYF1wgnkJRr7xGchHnAKpHGOmBuKtV7n1mPkA2bHRyZLQsrmZ0iK4Qxcz66 yODA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukfASAZH+68TvcN+GDgtoBIo6xkNCYsLLYfqod25UbrHEhBmIWfe 84MGsDDu8vMhXs3ZHG3T3nYxPj704Z5l714ep1yYwA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN5C6ZfPp2wQ2xPKLfLsyoCUhk5L1X2skaOBJioD/ran/uyHlCzuhtc7QJtoR9NI6qncX7m1CeC5Kk95H4gKFNs= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7059:: with SMTP id x25mr1168053otj.35.1545385162562; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:39:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a4a:c913:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:39:21 -0800 (PST) From: Wesley Parish Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:39:21 +1300 Message-ID: To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: [TUHS] Travesty Generators 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" Hi One of the reasons I enjoy emacs is Meta-X dissociated-press, which turns the most turgid bureaucratic prose into something truly worth reading. Has anybody documented or provided a timeline for the emergence of the Travesty Generator? (I know that text processing was one of the major focuses of university research, as opposed to the more utilitarian focuses of the scientific computing or corporate record keeping areas. One early CompSci book I got from a second-hand booksellers in Christchurch before the earthquakes, had a nice section on SNOBOL.) So who wrote the first Travesty Generator/s?