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_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10426 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2023 05:37:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Feb 2023 05:37:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F8D424B4; Wed, 1 Feb 2023 15:37:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f43.google.com (mail-ua1-f43.google.com [209.85.222.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE57B424AC for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2023 15:37:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f43.google.com with SMTP id x23so580489uau.3 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:37:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=fUrdMMiVN95aplA8Jvk2UzSfk8mDtDeKTnAR3elgqzM=; b=WaxlYbRFpS7kX0zOEtwlO1+ZA9xKWVnH30GwJlDqcRDIpI6JfJHBZwpiv1OkdgHhMj j+vh+aF3aSUFf6IsxOoaJmORG/XrUynxwJ6IdVbE/EVWDu/elTV8wEWxDLyTCowTy+v2 riKqz1inBM/VDL39V1XDm/Nd3/QTTHpwyj8LBu/TfGWSXOeEAHi7sWsQmGtDVeoEB0cK 4UXpNmemkfvcOvTDOSCqbwvyzk3DQhJbW1bZWB7X1aa+NRjIG2ZX0xbSTLHMj4m6+gVP SRs+gWnSjsUJrx4ScmGoeyFgLmvyER4lvaOMG3kXipUajtQPpV3wRANe6TIkEsxByYz7 5VPw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=fUrdMMiVN95aplA8Jvk2UzSfk8mDtDeKTnAR3elgqzM=; b=yXsJAb1YWpHZHhcsgsDBaSEkf2O6XDws3myU3TqMmKYKoQ8eaf+hrSJSRLfQv1Ca+7 8t6pRtydMQWj4QfPnbOrLSiC8YJjvPbYERGYlCN2Sv1xG6gX2LPV1WpPdgjU+lX1PhbG 2mAFLYOLB+1mnWAECZIAQ7W4OKj8nOW6cQx9c9ZRkFhK0kFxE98pvvhkygil0UM9lidv MeNaEUyqJ3osZE2KcQ/eDxxzL/V4KcamontYvFixiwynN8jYmVnwisqweVfTgMM39F++ RTRXx2KcmosIHkJx7ybf3vjAy90ojQ+2sgQNtComUnchZNWthGi8hps7w9jK/MjOV2OP wU3g== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKW+FlTnLnn+IvJU/JV/doUNBre2YAILukXGVZLMcqJmflQBOMS3 212P5oTkvsIlGiz8Uj7YB+66vEy6MiKPvsrPFcE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set98UztlAyQi7lnK7f45coWFl1eQ7dhUU+etZexB/OkfghVoybSnHcBc39l6Z348mfDzy6/G4NUU6QFABzcOEG8= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:60d1:0:b0:653:3b96:5ff7 with SMTP id g17-20020ab060d1000000b006533b965ff7mr163699uam.51.1675229787769; Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:36:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 16:36:16 +1100 Message-ID: To: Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000006ad24c05f39cd41a" Message-ID-Hash: P7VED4EZ4OHSTAA56OL5G2UX27RNSAH3 X-Message-ID-Hash: P7VED4EZ4OHSTAA56OL5G2UX27RNSAH3 X-MailFrom: robpike@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Unix game origins - stories similar to Crowther's Adventure List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000006ad24c05f39cd41a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Best TUHS mail ever. I never knew that setuid was for moo. What other secrets are you hoarding? -rob On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 3:51 PM Douglas McIlroy < douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > Moo (later marketed as Master Mind) was an import from Cambridge. A > moo leader board sprang up. Maintenance of a file that had to be > written on behalf of any user posed a conundrum--how could you protect > it against false updates? Dennis's novel solution to this and related > problems was setuid, which garnered the only Unix patent. > > Wumpus was my preschool kids' introduction to computing. They learned > the tricks of shooting crooked arrows faster than I learned that the > cave is always the same, with random room numbers. Only years later > did I discover by reading the code that the shape is a dodecahedron. > That fact would have helped note-taking a lot. > > Doug > > --0000000000006ad24c05f39cd41a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Best TUHS mail ever. I never knew that setuid wa= s for moo. What other secrets are you hoarding?

-rob


On Wed, Feb 1= , 2023 at 3:51 PM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:
Moo (later marketed as Master Mind= ) was an import from Cambridge. A
moo leader board sprang up. Maintenance of a file that had to be
written on behalf of any user posed a conundrum--how could you protect
it against false updates? Dennis's novel solution to this and related problems was setuid, which garnered the only Unix patent.

Wumpus was my preschool kids' introduction to computing. They learned the tricks of shooting crooked arrows faster than I learned that the
cave is always the same, with random room numbers. Only years later
did I discover by reading the code that the shape is a dodecahedron.
That fact would have helped note-taking a lot.

Doug

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