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From: Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: SNOBOL and RATSNO
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 11:39:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFH29tpfLMEihhdiGKjgnuAHvzdSri1CatWppzFw1e9vgLuZgg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2Nb--vCUOkGjRm=PZ9dYZ=QtZU2kxFmkxi0CjocSKfT1w@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 9:36 AM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:12 AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I still marvel at the productivity and precision of his generation of
>> programmers.
>>
> Amen.
>
> When I was first learning the ins and outs of the implementation of the
> York/APL System for the 360, I was regaled with similar stories and hoped
> that I could measure up to their standards.
>

If you don't know about Mel who wrote a cheating blackjack game for a drum
memory machine, read https://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html  And
the postscript.

> ᐧ
>

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-09 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-23  2:57 [TUHS] Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num? segaloco via TUHS
2022-07-23  5:56 ` [TUHS] " markus schnalke
2022-07-23  7:55   ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-07-23 11:01     ` Dan Cross
2022-07-23 11:20       ` John Cowan
2022-07-23 12:00         ` Dan Cross
2022-07-23 12:49           ` Norman Wilson
2022-07-23 13:20             ` Rob Pike
2022-07-23 13:36               ` Ralph Corderoy
2022-07-23 14:33               ` John Cowan
2022-07-24 19:45               ` Warner Losh
2022-07-24 20:33                 ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-07-24 21:04                   ` Warner Losh
2022-07-23 17:35             ` Clem Cole
2022-07-23 18:40               ` Phil Budne
2022-07-23 18:51                 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2022-07-23 19:07                   ` Douglas McIlroy
2022-07-24 19:02           ` Tomasz Rola
2022-07-28  0:30             ` Tomasz Rola
2022-07-28  1:03               ` Phil Budne
2022-07-28  4:13                 ` [TUHS] SNOBOL and RATSNO William H. Mitchell
2022-07-29  4:28                   ` [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2022-07-29  5:07                   ` Tomasz Rola
2022-08-09  5:12                     ` Jonathan Gevaryahu
2022-08-09  6:11                       ` Rob Pike
2022-08-09 13:34                         ` Clem Cole
2022-08-09 15:15                           ` Andrew Hume
2022-08-09 18:26                             ` Clem Cole
2022-08-09 18:52                             ` Tom Teixeira
2022-08-09 21:25                             ` Rob Pike
2022-08-09 15:39                           ` Richard Salz [this message]
2022-08-09 13:56                         ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-09 16:45                         ` William H. Mitchell
2022-07-29  0:22                 ` [TUHS] SNOBOL and progeny [Was: Re: Re: Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num?] Stuff Received
2022-07-29  5:01                   ` [TUHS] " Charles H. Sauer
2022-07-29 14:07                     ` John Cowan
2022-07-29 15:37                   ` Dave Plonka
2022-08-09 17:42 [TUHS] Re: SNOBOL and RATSNO Noel Chiappa
2022-08-09 18:49 ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-09 18:54   ` Tom Teixeira
2022-08-09 19:00     ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-09 19:21       ` Marshall Conover
2022-08-09 20:19         ` Warner Losh
2022-08-10 21:13 ` Bill Cheswick
2022-08-10 21:30   ` John Cowan
2022-08-11 16:08     ` Marc Donner
2022-08-09 22:18 Douglas McIlroy
2022-08-09 22:25 ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-10 15:05 ` arnold
2022-08-10 17:14   ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-10 17:37     ` arnold
2022-08-10 18:24       ` joe mcguckin

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