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

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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:12 AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I still marvel at the productivity and precision of his generation of
>> programmers.
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> Amen.
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> 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.

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