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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17326 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2020 21:37:24 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Jun 2020 21:37:24 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D72189C748; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:37:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6009C24C; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:36:58 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="b/7Ayb51"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7C9179C24C; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:36:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vk1-f172.google.com (mail-vk1-f172.google.com [209.85.221.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E0D89C246 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:36:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vk1-f172.google.com with SMTP id p187so4318600vkf.0 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:36:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=hy12mFy4YEdIwV9q8EXn1T0+XGAs9vt6/djMCyqT+zo=; b=b/7Ayb51AQfFp7E8FofHJv1J2BntvjnhM9JqLojC2Vl5jKGkP4+28TSQWoKRPj1Chr k0kTvAGxwe1/Y42jRCArmaydjMgyMpyh2QwhLrYx6RZqcceBwlFZD/XrAnciUOXxOtck GmJCQbADJrg/DY97hQlYUhkULYloGEXJCZmztOUpNw+Kje/SM026cX04ATEgqSMSHwkq 9SIMDx93/D4ppzYANEu/C2NmqCoxUIvpc114nBcFzn3uJnJchGSHvy3TVGqedBkfAdd/ JfWblcilRpL7X+CMcMkWmtkqiDMHKcVvGfuA/gwsAQ3UYb6CsixBJI2stj6v9pl1JO/w IsCQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=hy12mFy4YEdIwV9q8EXn1T0+XGAs9vt6/djMCyqT+zo=; b=ClkXmNa1MtnpDVg7OlN1s6a+n0QWmH24ubqmfR0H/pXePZQYR82pi0xP8Yd/eDdlQn /cKydPcW4jXyPzqRJNZR4luz38zdmbbUczO2KXjUCn1OdJq6Wwg9IcQbwvykEb6BxcqE tn850R0Lgv2YJv35jjozKlWUWoo5v+bXcxOK4Ee32JZY8ciPaRoXpWDoAMarr+IgXr2Y nDsGr/JuOvKkCDtUD94MlCRfesBHJyXX8+vryb2ZDZaNnSgg3PinXwO94mqCc4Fh7BLg XXqpCqf56mjkkMqDH1QTZJtpyD6mSqjDcb90p0HScj+vI5GejcQPB1ouSmPt8O1fA/yy ehZA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531cDLFEuoy2mS4EeEbGugUL01ppKSBh54sPlZv3QUFoORkRbzmm JGZCxKqDfswcFvxHDSpxne4PGuQ19wYwpbbRMs4QZyxc X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwoNi4Rx+/zDpp2vc+rjIdDmsUD1PYZlXuxjPcinagIETbgxwLHO5M00iTw52M91yzLohlXxMntCQSFYsrjsu8= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:1f04:: with SMTP id f4mr19752688vkf.73.1592257014080; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:36:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1592252735.3176.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <1592252735.3176.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> From: Rob Pike Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:36:42 +1000 Message-ID: To: Norman Wilson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b72b0705a8263901" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins and life of the pg pager 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000b72b0705a8263901 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I had forgotten about that tool, along with many others. "Comp" sounds plausible but as I said, I forget. (Not a sign of age; my memory for details is no match for Clem's; to me stage actors are superheroes). I do remember the tool existing, though, and now see it as related to a long list of similar things, including "go generate". I wonder if my subconscious held on to it. This history stuff is fun because of the reminder of a time when tools were simple and you could create a whole new one in an afternoon. -rob On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 6:26 AM Norman Wilson wrote: > Rob Pike: > > Yeah, p is all we need. I think it originated with td at UofT. I might > have > brought it with me to Bell Labs, or recreated it. Probably the former. > > ==== > > The former, I think. The source code in V10 is very similar > to that you left behind at Caltech (where I first encountered > p). Most differences have to do with using opendir and readdir > rather than reading raw directories in the SPname code. > > A further clue is that, even in V10, p.c begins > > /*%cc p.c pad.o spname.o > */ > > The tool that looked for such lines to tell it how to compile > things (I forget its name; was it comp?) doesn't seem to have > survived in the archival backup I have from Caltech HEP, but > I'm quite sure it came from U of T as well. > > Norman Wilson > Toronto ON > --000000000000b72b0705a8263901 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I had forgotten about that tool, along with many others. &= quot;Comp" sounds plausible but as I said, I forget. (Not a sign of ag= e; my memory for details is no match for Clem's; to me stage actors are= superheroes).

I do remember the tool existing, though, = and now see it as related to a long list of similar things, including "= ;go generate". I wonder if my subconscious held on to it.
This history stuff is fun because of the reminder of a time wh= en tools were simple and you could create a whole new one in an afternoon.<= /div>

-rob


On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 6= :26 AM Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.o= rg> wrote: