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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,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 df4ba1e0 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8E7D394882; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:34:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2BC493D9F; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:33:58 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="YeJ09wbm"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6B27693D9F; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:33:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f182.google.com (mail-oi1-f182.google.com [209.85.167.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15C9893D30 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:33:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f182.google.com with SMTP id w79so12121908oif.10 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT) 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=4B/be+y9O+aQsEG8KyM/n2qcXFkUnGwAksXZN4AsU4c=; b=YeJ09wbmUvqMn/ITzcWF4Wf3U5GZHm5yI/vUPVukX6k5BM6z5tVnezgK2rKxX/TYvF qlDt7lWW9aTADwYeC1UNcJNEtHonnz2FNLmBhPRRM9DVx7XBVrkVQZ4QfQNjo6qZ6+XL HcLCotUZLWc7GNZaqhEKDVcSpBUikFmR4ZyvXp0MaU2XbPf9MGhr9Rkmg+9lz+u4+PRJ KFqnRzZr2saR88U61FD6+QuxTyOQ/+WoAaR0y8I/gID5uspZ9s41NKsde4182WupBFUi rICiWL1rDUqRX00fc+yb5hqxbNsuHRKuthQFZv9Du6/RHbmmaRNRMlgG/ao01b5uQKjP ts8A== 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=4B/be+y9O+aQsEG8KyM/n2qcXFkUnGwAksXZN4AsU4c=; b=iZZxH4opeT01HukDK/BZOT8vHJwniN5XnYWoC5vRIF50680ItCFRz/LZVzUQ7zNcte 3TNj/6nXHTp7vXHkbaj/gyd9ilX3j2Tj5+/rJH8A66DiLvaRfKUNpnoQ/P1JrqJb7XP9 pgGcQ88HHaLuMpAimNFHJA1HxONe7ZLW9nT8OqPXeM0j2IwqPfU/Ijwe+k7z+TjTAKQa fq/iOiuDX7ZVAxYvh6KSZWT9XB/GnHPDjlD2TV7gEjGEGKBuAQ5p9tSnIAg9gDHuzzET rYEuil6fzMJUZCTKfbMRk/w9GHBpIQv8aE9gEylwMombl0aN3JHdUYXnlQQswlrCCZZz g8RA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX9lkVFmLnOpN+QwdlNEEcssFhWTboCWe3gj+WTi0uGGsKHv61r Ials4gmU1ikqC7C4QaE7rlIxbSEDYJHx4WoBst7phg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz/U3FENhmgGYzbx5PntiKOgiPGX9MyDOm84m1LmeR531/1brzoSpKRhHS2SdZ46sQBcI6pJ6LM0fEHfmLxtRU= X-Received: by 2002:aca:4806:: with SMTP id v6mr12910856oia.133.1563183234150; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:33:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a4a:2f02:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:33:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20190714191907.3B48618C091@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20190714191907.3B48618C091@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> From: Wesley Parish Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:33:53 +1200 Message-ID: To: Noel Chiappa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Thanks for Virtuallyfun! (was Re: Happy birthday, 386BSD!) 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: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I think that's the hallmark of great engineering, period. Mechanical, civil, electrical ... most probably gravitational if our species ever gets that far ... :) Wesley Parish On 7/15/19, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Adam Thornton > > > something designed for single-threaded composible text-filtering > > operations is now running almost all of the world's multithreaded > > user-facing graphical applications, but that's the vagaries of > history > > for you. > > It's a perfect example of my aphorism, "The hallmark of truly great > architecture is not how well it does the things it was designed to do, but > how > well it does things it was never expected to handle." > > Noel >