From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14390 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2020 11:46:46 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Dec 2020 11:46:46 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BCE639C7F2; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:46:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE129C78F; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:46:10 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="n+9wKxES"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C63F99C78F; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:46:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f46.google.com (mail-wm1-f46.google.com [209.85.128.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CB21944D8 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:46:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f46.google.com with SMTP id g185so18206099wmf.3 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:46:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=b/sTAbbhUs1yOAySWtqLJ3UXTJY5TB7XwSSpHERvutM=; b=n+9wKxESHzxFQBovWviSdbXLvIDjhojFJo3qBADfG74vwsOwe2E3Z1QOCI0HwplMAD 6o2zK7t+tf8oziiL07Bg3kkapQ0fpYBGSiVtf+SEQrZtqGd+zgBjqjn47G5JGmQzYR6p WaXXHPp916X7JgCnW5eg4gWtzGakQ5rBJoPe6ShXbydMNPR7+tsVy7EZt6FgdI1hVmWr jKl1z/yTMmVSF8jOuQ9kVlURvTU0P/fB7Uxw66HTaZk/1fGKPkhp72bhaHTTTxr7X/o9 igXEfE+bLDiyJ/n06rHk91bkR6h8gbSecer2fBPklSEAOAPeZ7DVJJTEGepYDs4v8LF6 5B5Q== 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=b/sTAbbhUs1yOAySWtqLJ3UXTJY5TB7XwSSpHERvutM=; b=JhyyC/CWiq9v9cJCqTtfBpYkn5l9vJ2EBF5C6w1QE7ST63DKX5LDOJcRL++RNz2vLX dzeGTxTSKF93SnW91fMl9Wm8Bf1RdIDfdyryF34m/wnwMsrtQEeh1mAujheXTYLa6GFc vIWO5g+eRpiIXG+rhpzB9b9VUqD9G7g6hyC5M1P+AxkiudOSZOTovHN7O3F6+WU64hrn 8wFnbLoUOos6eKHfmvejKROTg006Ir7VL6iemRdrhC6QyRbk2/OS+CIfwqpf7kTjkSCP u7QQNRD2CrIVbP8v6tuuqDVxqgPJVTWRmgqAxvPKcgjR7T/9R17xzkuor7Ht0dffi7Hm q+0Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530UuspqXg0lpE8Z76B9qKNJtNAL4bWnwvNDYmm7XZN+8hEiQPkm aEOubJene4Rdabh4tfx06WPnmVjrVxHVQq/D3aN4BLS/+aIJlw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxyhtPbC8fagRiBWrGhd6WNIFIIQYqGGDJ+wSPO7AiB7YEVY6QKYRA1m0gJ3LC/C8Zjr7Af1E5b8paSffOkQfY= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:4904:: with SMTP id w4mr31823690wma.140.1608032760194; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:46:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: M Douglas McIlroy Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:45:44 -0500 Message-ID: To: tuhs@tuhs.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: [TUHS] Knuth and Pascal (was "Were cron and at ...") 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" Off topic, but too much fun to pass up. >> You wrote your algorithm in Pascal, debugged it, and then rewrote it in your favourite language (in my case, ALGOL-W). > Now why didn't Don Knuth think of that for TeX? I'm glad he didn't. He might have written it in Mix. Knuth once said he didn't believe in higher-level languages. Of course he knew more about them than anybody else and was CACM's associate editor for the subject--like a minister who doesn't believe in God. Doug